The "So You Think You Know Something About the Civil War" Puzzle Book

This book was compiled as a result of an idea espoused by Harris M. Stein. The idea was to present a set of puzzlements that would first allow the Civil War novice to demonstrate a minimal level of knowledge and then to task that same knowledge. The result is a puzzle book that should satisfy and educate even the polished Civil War enthusiast. The puzzles are arranged more like the English type of word puzzle which creats a minimal level of assistance through the word connections. This allows the user to prove beyond doubt whether or not they know something about the Civil War. If you know the name of the General, for example, who cried, “There stands Jackson like a stone wall!” or if you know that General Ord sat out the Battle of luka because he could not hear any sound of its rage, then these puzzles will be no problem. This book will be a great gift item for the young person who needs to understand about their own history, and for the older person who thinks they know something about their own history.

The author is a graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Inspired by the reknown Civil War historian there, James Robertson Jr., Forrest has enjoyed a lifetime of study of the rich history and legacy of Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. Forrest was born and raised in Winchester, Virginia and now resides at Pleasant Vale in Clarke County, Virgina.