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Authors: Jeff Shaara
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The Fateful Lightning (76 page)
Dedicated to Patrick Falci and Joan McDonough, and Colonel Keith Gibson and Pat Gibson, who, throughout the entire process of researching and writing my seven books on the Civil War, were always there with support, assistance, and a kind word
A PARTIAL LIST OF PRIMARY SOURCES
William T. Sherman, USA
Ulysses S. Grant, USA
Joseph E. Johnston, CSA
Henry M. Hitchcock, USA
Thomas D. Duncan, CSA
Cyrus F. Boyd, USA
Sam R. Watkins, CSA
John Beatty, USA
Joshua K. Callaway, CSA
Augustus L. Chetlain, USA
William B. Hazen, USA
Ira Blanchard, USA
Dolly Sumner Lunt Burge, CSA
Thomas W. Osborn, USA
George W. Pepper, USA
Jacob Ritner, USA
George B. Guild, CSA
My most sincere thanks to the historians whose published works proved extremely helpful in the telling of this story:
John G. Barrett
Mark L. Bradley
Burke Davis
Mark H. Dunkelman
John P. Dyer
John M. Gibson
Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes, Jr.
Katharine M. Jones
Charles F. Larimer
John F. Marszalek
Samuel J. Martin
Kevin Rawlings
Craig L. Symonds
Noah Andre Trudeau
My deepest appreciation to the following, who contributed invaluable assistance and information, including unpublished, and often, previously unknown material:
John Belfrage, Pierce, Colorado
Kirk Bradley, Sanford, North Carolina
Patrick Falci, Rosedale, New York
Colonel Keith Gibson, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia
Nancie Gudmestad, Shriver House Museum, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
James Izzell, Bennett Place State Historic Site, Durham, North Carolina
Evalyn E. Kearns, Atlanta, Georgia
Emma McSherry, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
T. J. Miller, Bennett Place State Historic Site, Durham, North Carolina
Kim A. O’Connell, Arlington, Virginia
Ryan Reed, Bennett Place State Historic Site, Durham, North Carolina
William Rutledge, Jr., Fort Collins, Colorado
Stephanie Shaara, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
William G. Stanley, Aiken, South Carolina
Donny Taylor, Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site, Four Oaks, North Carolina
Edward W. Vollersten, Monticello, Florida
Matthew Watros, Newfield, New York
BY JEFF SHAARA
A Blaze of Glory
A Chain of Thunder
The Smoke at Dawn
The Fateful Lightning
Gods and Generals
The Last Full Measure
Gone for Soldiers
Rise to Rebellion
The Glorious Cause
To the Last Man
Jeff Shaara’s Civil War Battlefields
The Rising Tide
The Steel Wave
No Less Than Victory
The Final Storm
credit: Olivia Cowden
J
EFF
S
HAARA
is the
New York Times
bestselling author of
The Smoke at Dawn, A Chain of Thunder, A Blaze of Glory, The Final Storm, No Less Than Victory, The Steel Wave, The Rising Tide, To the Last Man, The Glorious Cause, Rise to Rebellion
, and
Gone for Soldiers
, as well as
Gods and Generals
and
The Last Full Measure
—two novels that complete the Civil War trilogy that began with his father’s Pulitzer Prize–winning classic,
The Killer Angels
. Shaara was born into a family of Italian immigrants in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He grew up in Tallahassee, Florida, and graduated from Florida State University. He lives in Gettysburg.To inquire about booking Jeff Shaara for a speaking engagement, please contact the Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau at
[email protected]
.
