This book has Lee's army, fresh after defeating the Army of the Potomac at Gunpowder River. The Campaign begins after Grant completes transporting his army from the west and refitting it in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Grant makes the first move, and begins to march his newly minted Army of the Susquehanna southward down the Cumberland Valley toward Virginia. General George Armstrong Custer learns of Lee's movement of the pontoon train from a loyal Union railroad man, and decides it is an important enough prize that he must abandon his current mission, leaving Gen. Darius N. Couch without proper screening forces.
The novel goes into extensive detail regarding battle plans, troop movements, and military strategies over a period of three days. In the end, Grant wins, barely. After Lee's surrender, Grant paroles Lee and his army, and declares a 30-day, unilateral truce, ostensibly to give the paroled Confederates time to return home, but more so to give Confederate President Jefferson Davis time to "come to his senses" and realize the war has been lost. Without an army, Davis is left with no choice but to surrender, ending the war.
Reception
Kirkus Reviews said that this novel was "reasonably well-written and plausible, with excellent period photographs as a bonus. Still, there's so much good Civil War history to read that this what-if exercise seems more than a touch unnecessary."[2] Brad Hooper in his review for Booklist said that "as in the previous volumes in the trilogy, the authors' research is impeccable, and their presentation brings events down to a personal level, and, as in any good alternative vision of history, the reader is left believing it could really have happened this way."[3]
never, call, retreat, grant, final, victory, conclusion, alternate, history, trilogy, former, speaker, house, representatives, newt, gingrich, william, forstchen, albert, hanser, published, 2005, thomas, dunne, books, other, books, grant, comes, east, gettysbu. Never Call Retreat Lee and Grant The Final Victory is the conclusion of an alternate history trilogy by former Speaker of the U S House of Representatives Newt Gingrich William R Forstchen and Albert S Hanser 1 It was published in 2005 by Thomas Dunne Books The other two books are Grant Comes East and Gettysburg A Novel of the Civil War The novel is illustrated with actual photographs of the Civil War taken somewhat out of context Never Call Retreat Lee and Grant The Final VictoryFirst editionAuthorNewt Gingrich William R Forstchen Albert S HanserCover artistWanda TinaskyCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishGenreAlternate history novelPublisherThomas Dunne BooksPublication dateJune 18 2005Media typePrint Hardcover amp Paperback Pages496 pp 1st edition ISBN0 312 34298 5 1st edition OCLC58422529Dewey Decimal813 6 22LC ClassPS3557 I4945 N48 2005Preceded byGrant Comes East Contents 1 Plot 2 Reception 3 Historical figures 4 ReferencesPlot EditThis book has Lee s army fresh after defeating the Army of the Potomac at Gunpowder River The Campaign begins after Grant completes transporting his army from the west and refitting it in Harrisburg Pennsylvania Grant makes the first move and begins to march his newly minted Army of the Susquehanna southward down the Cumberland Valley toward Virginia General George Armstrong Custer learns of Lee s movement of the pontoon train from a loyal Union railroad man and decides it is an important enough prize that he must abandon his current mission leaving Gen Darius N Couch without proper screening forces The novel goes into extensive detail regarding battle plans troop movements and military strategies over a period of three days In the end Grant wins barely After Lee s surrender Grant paroles Lee and his army and declares a 30 day unilateral truce ostensibly to give the paroled Confederates time to return home but more so to give Confederate President Jefferson Davis time to come to his senses and realize the war has been lost Without an army Davis is left with no choice but to surrender ending the war Reception EditKirkus Reviews said that this novel was reasonably well written and plausible with excellent period photographs as a bonus Still there s so much good Civil War history to read that this what if exercise seems more than a touch unnecessary 2 Brad Hooper in his review for Booklist said that as in the previous volumes in the trilogy the authors research is impeccable and their presentation brings events down to a personal level and as in any good alternative vision of history the reader is left believing it could really have happened this way 3 Historical figures EditJudah Benjamin Confederate secretary of state George Armstrong Custer U S general Jefferson Davis Confederate president Ulysses S Grant U S general Winfield Scott Hancock U S general Robert E Lee Confederate general Abraham Lincoln U S president James Longstreet Confederate general James B McPherson U S general Phillip Sheridan U S general George Sykes U S general Elihu B Washburne U S congressman Henry Jackson Hunt U S chief of artillery Ely S Parker U S colonel aide to General Grant References Edit Uchronia Civil War Trilogy www uchronia net NEVER CALL RETREAT A Novel of the Civil War Kirkus Reviews 73 8 438 April 15 2005 ISSN 0042 6598 Hooper Brad May 15 2005 Never Call Retreat Book Booklist 101 18 1613 ISSN 0006 7385 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Never Call Retreat amp oldid 1122418211, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
