Stars and Bars Over Philadelphia

This Is A Novel That Explores What Might Have Been Had Lt. Gen. Thomas Stonewall Jackson Survived The Battle Of Chancellorsville. In October 1861 Jackson Proposed A Bold Plan To His Superior Officer Maj. Gen. Gustavus Smith: To Cross The Potomac Into Pennsylvania And Destroy Industrial Establishments Wherever We Found Them . . . Close The Coal Mines Seize And If Necessary Destroy The Manufactories And Commerce Of Philadelphia . . . Through His Friend Cong. Alexander Boteler He Urged The Davis Administration To Adopt His Plan. In February 1863 After A Winter Of Talks With General Robert E. Lee He Ordered His Topographer Jed Hotchkiss To Make Him Maps Of The Roads To Philadelphia And To Keep It A Profound Secret Together Lee And Jackson Plan A Campaign To Invade Pennsylvania In The Summer Of 1863 Capture Philadelphia Overturn The Lincoln Administration Secure European Recognition Resolve The Slavery Question And Win Independence For The Confederate States Of America.