Men Of War

About the Book

Men of War is an anthology of the best military history articles written by author Henry Kurtz. In vivid prose, Mr. Kurtz describes key events and personalities in 18th and 19th Century American military history. Included are battle studies on Phil Sheridan at Five Forks – George Washington at Dorchester Heights – U.S. Grant at Belmont – Henry Bouquet at Bushy Run – George Armstrong Custer at the Washita – William Moultrie at Sullivan’s Island; also profiles of the Militia and Regular Army before the Civil War; pen portraits of Hubert Dilger, the Union Army’s top artillery gunner; Caleb Huse, the Confederacy – major arms procurer; Hiram Berdan and his elite Union sharpshooters; John Basil Turchin, the Union Army’s only Russian-born general; and other lively and engaging narratives.

About the Author

Henry I. Kurtz is a writer and editor whose published books include biographies of John and Sebastian Cabot and Captain John Smith; also Defending Our Country: The U.S. Army and The Art of the Toy Soldier. His historical articles have appeared in American History Illustrated, History Today, Civil War Times Illustrated and American Heritage, along with newspapers and other periodicals. A graduate of Columbia University, where he studied history under such distinguished scholars as Richard Hofstadter, Fritz Stern and William Leuchtenburg, he has also studied at Georgetown and Oxford Universities. He lives in New York City with his wife Leah and their cat Billy Budd.