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The gripping story of six West Point graduates who fought each other in the Civil War.
With Civil War clouds darkening the horizon, they were strangers from different states thrown together as West Point cadets: George Armstrong Custer, Stephen Dodson Ramseur, Henry Algernon DuPont, John Pelham, Thomas Lafayette Rosser, and Wesley Merritt.
Right after their graduations, war erupted in 1861. They stayed blue or went gray, and even faced each other in battle. Acclaimed military historian Tom Carhart vividly brings to life these young men of valor and honor, and the valiant victories and crushing defeats of the war. They made their marks on the history of a new nation split apart, then reunited and reborn-but only at the cost of the blood of brothers.
- Sales Rank: #1600354 in Books
- Published on: 2011-04-05
- Released on: 2011-04-05
- Original language: English
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- Dimensions: 8.44" h x .93" w x 5.53" l, .77 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 432 pages
- ISBN13: 9780425239100
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Military historian, West Point alum, and Vietnam veteran Carhart tells the moving story of six cadets of the Point class of 1861 and the bonds among them, which grew out of the shared experience of being cadets as well as attending illegal dinner parties at the tavern run by Benny Haven, former food supplier to the college (“former” because he had also run forbidden liquor to cadets). Then came the Civil War, dividing them equally. Henry DuPont, top man in the class, served mostly in Union staff and artillery positions, guaranteeing obscurity. The other five are household words among Civil War buffs. Confederates Stephen Ramseur and John Pegram didn’t survive the war, while Thomas Rosser lived long if not always prosperously. We all know what happened to George Custer, while Wesley Merritt, an equally distinguished cavalryman, eventually commanded in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. The tone of the book is sometimes a trifle romantic, but the bond among West Point classmates it documents is considered very typical, then or now. --Roland Green
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Praise for Tom Carhart's Lost Triumph: Lee's Real Plan at Gettysburg and Why It Failed
"Sheds new light on the grandest battle of the Civil War, a remarkable achievement by any military historian"
-John Keegan, author of The Face of Battle
"Bold and provocative...sure to stimulate debate among even the most seasoned Civil War buffs."
-Jay Winik, author of April 1865
"Thanks to Tom Carhart's painstaking and absorbing reconstruction of events, we now have a clear comprehension of what Lee planned for July 3-and why it went wrong... Given the vast number of writings on Gettysburg, it seems impossible to come up with new information and insights about the battle. But Tom Carhart has done it."
-James M. McPherson, author of Pulitzer Prize winner Battle Cry of Freedom
"Tom Carhart's Lost Triumph is, amazingly, a new, original and important contribution to our understanding of the Battle of Gettysburg."
-David Hackett Fischer, author of Pulitzer Prize winner Washington's Crossing
"Not only a fine work of scholarship but a fine story."
-Rick Atkinson, author of Pulitzer Prize winner An Army at Dawn
"Provocative and exciting. A very good read."
-Gabor Boritt, author of The Gettysburg Gospel, Director, Civil War Institute, Gettysburg College
"An exciting, wonderful book rivaling anything yet written about the battle of Gettysburg. It is mandatory reading for Civil War buffs"
-Bruce Lee, author of Marching Orders: The Untold Story of World War II
"A mark of true genius is a writer's ability to show us the familiar in a new light. Carhart does just that in Lost Triumph ... truly a ground-breaking contribution to American military history."
-Dan Cragg, author of Generals in Muddy Boots
"With Lost Triumph, Carhart swats a stupendous, historical, out-of-the- park four-bagger. History is seldom page-turning; here, the true events of Gettysburg compose a thriller."
-Gus Lee, author of Courage: The Backbone of Leadership
About the Author
Tom Carhart has been a lawyer and a historian for the Department of the Army in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of West Point, a decorated Vietnam veteran, and has earned a Ph.D. in American and military history from Princeton University. He is the author of four books of military history and teaches at Mary Washington College near his home in the Washington, D.C. area.
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful.
A Stirring, Thoughtful View of the Civil War
By John S. Bowman
It is hardly news that the Civil War pitted close friends and even relatives against each other. Indeed, Mark Boatner in his standard Civil War Dictionary has an entire entry titled "Brother Against Brother." And of course in the broadest sense, the war divided all Americans. But in his latest book, military historian Tom Carhart has come up with what I think is a new, insightful, and thoughtful twist on this theme. He has focused on six contemporaries at West Point who were, to various degrees, friends and proceeds to follow the three of them who join the Confederate army and the three others who stay in the Federal Army. We meet them in April 1860 when they have gathered at a tavern near West Point, a legendary hangout for cadets, when the civil war is already rumbling on the horizon. Aside from one--George Armstrong Custer--they are not particularly well known except to their immediate communities and to Civil War "buffs." Drawing on his own years at West Point and his intimate knowledge of its culture and ethos, Carhart first establishes the special bond--the "sacred ties" of his title--that West Point has instilled in these six young men. He then proceeds to track them as officers in their respective armies as they engage in battle after battle. (And no one writing today can recreate battles better than Carhart.) Sometimes only one of them is engaged on opposing sides but in many instances several are present. Sometimes they are well aware of each other's presence, sometimes not. But in all instances, Carhart manages to convey the special spirit that these young men have taken away from their training at West Point. There are several encounters and episodes that come as quite surprising to most of us, with the climax scene involving the death of one of the six, a Confederate officer captured by enemy forces, in the presence of several of his close Federal "brothers."
But if this were only a book about six West Pointers crossing swords in the Civil War, I am not sure I would be here recommending it to a larger readership. One reads to be prodded to think about one's own time and values. And although Carhart does not explicitly attempt to connect his historical account to current events, I think that thoughtful readers will come away from this book with some connections of their own. For one, there is the sheer death and destruction that all wars bring about, and we are forced to think about whether the goal justifies this. And then, in a story about six young men who go to war against one another, somewhat ironically I found myself thinking that what impresses me is what unites them. And I am not just referring to their West Point years. Yes, "sacred ties" to one's fellow West Pointers, but whether Confederate or Union, officers or enlisted men, Carhart conveys the profound dedication and courage that young men have been willing to expend in the service of their country. It's an inspiring story he has to tell and he tells it in an authoritative, stirring way.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Civil War History is Wonderfully Endless.
By Robert C. Olson
Civil War History is Wonderfully Endless.
The American Civil War is one of the most written about historical events in world history. One would think all that could be said, surmised, theorized, or in any way discussed about those climatic times would have been covered in some form or fashion. Not so. Every time I read anything written on the American Civil War I learn something. And so it is with Tom Carhart's Sacred Ties. A book written about 6 West Point cadets who graduated within one year of each other in 1860/1861, who were best friends, and who were thrust into the cauldron of Civil War to fight against each other on the battlefield: 2 died and 4 survived. Through the epic fight they were all transformed from young, laughing boys to battle harden men of war. Still, for the rest of their lives they remained a band of brothers who had forged a unique bond that survived the trauma of battle and death.
I liked this book. I enjoyed how Mr. Carhart wove a chronological study of these 6 Civil War heroes (George Armstrong Custer, Stephen Dodson Ramseur, Henry Algernon du Pont, John Pelham, Thomas Rosser, and Wesley Merritt) from when they first met and bonded at West Point, to their life and death experiences on the battlefield and beyond. All were exemplary soldiers and rose to high rank. All continued their friendships throughout the war and after.
Mr. Carhart took us through all the major Eastern Theater battles from First Bull Run to Appomattox following the book's 6 main characters. We watched as they grew into stellar soldiers and rose quickly through the ranks. Still, they were bound by their original friendships they had made at West Point and looked for each other on the battlefield. Sadly, death came to two of the warriors-Pelham and Ramseur, still 4 survived the conflagration to go on to post-war success in several fields. I enjoyed how Mr. Carhart capsulated the battles but expanded the parts of the battlefield involving the book's key players. I also liked how he showed how the 6 interacted with the major leaders of the Civil War gaining prestigious recognition for their battlefield exploits.
As Mr. Carhart deftly showed, the American Civil War was more than just battles and thousands of soldiers dressed in Blue and Gray, but rather it was a kaleidoscope of personalities. In Sacred Ties he weaves a tapestry of personality interaction at the very basic of all levels-Combat. From this we were able to read and watch as West Point boys became men, and then leaders of men as they grew old in a very short time. I liked how he interjected the more personal human interest aspects of their lives to include courtships during war. Interesting, as one gets to know these 6 men on a more fundamental personal level. I also enjoyed how Mr. Carhart continued the story of the 4 surviving members in his final chapter entitled "Old Soldiers", where he chronicled their lives after the Civil War until their deaths. Excellent. Still, the boyishness of youth was ever present throughout their meteoric rise to greatness and in the end they ALL had done a job "Well Done"!
Solid recommend for anyone interested in the American Civil War, especially CW buffs. Excellent coverage of the major Eastern Theater cavalry battles. Interesting theory on Gettysburg's final day involving the cavalry. Good job on the Cedar Creek debacle of October 19,1864, that ended General Jubal Early's Shenandoah Campaign and resulted in the death of General Stephen Dodson Ramseur. Overall a top notch book on the American Civil War from a personality viewpoint. My only bone to pick is that a few photographs would have helped make the read more personal-especially in old age. Still a 5 star rating for a literary effort well done.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Six personalities across the Civil War
By David W. Nicholas
This is an interesting book, in many ways. The author chose six men who entered West Point at the same time, though two of them graduated a year ahead of the other four due to a procedural change (the Academy flirted with a program that would require cadets to study there for five years instead of four). The six are George Armstrong Custer, Wesley Merritt, Henry Algernon du Pont, Thomas Lafayette Rosser, John Pelham, and Stephen Dodson Ramseur. Of the six, Custer is of course known to pretty much everyone; Pelham, Rosser, and Ramseur are probably well-known to Civil War buffs, with Merritt perhaps having edged into people's perceptions in recent years. Du Pont is probably the most obscure, though he won the Medal of Honor in the Shenandoah Valley and served most of two terms as a U.S. Senator.
In the days just prior to the Civil War, these six men, all cadets at West Point, snuck out one night and had a celebratory meal and drinks at Benny Havens, the legendary local tavern where generations of West Point cadets snuck in to have a drink and dodge the Academy's staff. Then Pelham, Rosser and Ramseur went South and became Confederate officers, while the other three stayed in the Union Army and of course fought against the Confederacy.
The selection of these six men, and their roles in the Civil War, deserve some discussion, because they're interesting, and they direct the book in some interesting directions. For one thing, all six men served for the duration of the war either in staff positions (all 3 Union officers spent some time in administrative positions), and all six spent the combat portions of their careers in the Civil War exclusively in the Eastern Theater. Three of the men were cavalrymen, and a fourth was a horse artillery officer (whose unit was always attached to a cavalry unit), while the last 2 were a regular artillery officer and an infantryman. This leaves to something of a skewing of the narrative of the war in the East, with a concentration on cavalry actions as opposed to infantry combat. It's alright, more or less, but I wouldn't recommend this in any way as a history of the war.
The focus though is on the six men and how the war affected their friendship. Rosser and Custer actually fought against one another several times, with Custer on one occasion bowing to Rosser before a fight, and the others were at least aware of the presence of their classmates at various fights on the other side. Everyone knew who Pelham was, largely because of his showy and very brave horse artillery performances, especially at Fredericksburg, where much of both armies watched him rake a large Union force for half an hour while being pounded incessantly by several batteries of Union artillery unsuccessfully trying to implement counterbattery fire. Custer of course is well-known to everyone, but it will be a surprise to some that he actually was a skilled cavalry officer during the Civil War, and skyrocketed through the ranks, starting the war a lieutenant and ending it a major general. Merritt had a similar career path (minus the Little Bighorn) and Rosser went into business after the war, volunteering during the Spanish-American War as a soldier, and serving out the conflict training troops in Georgia. Both Ramseur and Pelham were killed during the war, of course in tragic circumstances.
I thought the whole book to be very good. The author deals with the subject of service in the war very interestingly, and he seems pretty attuned to the lives of the cadets at West Point, having been one himself, albeit a century later. The spectacle of these six men attending West Point together, and then being divided by the war and circumstances, is rather poignant to say the least; the author treats it intelligently, and the result is a very good book.
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