Contested Borderlands

These two very different books offer wonderful insights into aspects of the Civil War that frequently receive little attention: Appalachian Kentucky and Virginia, and the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864. Contested Borderlands, Brian D. McKnight's well-researched narrative, represents one of the best recent, comprehensive examinations of the Civil War era in the mountain highlands of Kentucky and Virginia. Gary W. Gallagher's book, The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864, is a fine collection of essays, all well written and researched, about commanders and their troops, as well as a number of battles fought by Gens. Philip H. Sheridan and Jubal A. Early in the Shenandoah Valley in 1864. Unlike McKnight, the authors in Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864 do not include comprehensive descriptions of the campaign or discussions of all the individual battles or significant commanders. Similar to other volumes in Gallagher's Military Campaigns of the Civil War series, the scholarship

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