Author: Confederate Memorial Literary Society, Richmond, Va. Southern Historical Manuscripts Commission
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 632

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Author: Confederate Memorial Literary Society. Southern Historical Manuscripts Commission
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Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 636

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Author: Confederate Memorial Literary Society, Richmond, Va. Southern Historical Manuscripts Commission
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 620

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Author: Confederate Memorial Literary Society, Richmond, Va. Southern Historical Manuscripts Commission
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Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Douglas Southall Freeman
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ISBN: 9781331341291
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 626

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Excerpt from A Calendar of Confederate Papers: With a Bibliography of Some Confederate Publications, Preliminary Report of the Southern Historical Manuscripts Prepared Under the Direction of the Confederate Memorial Literary Society About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: Douglas Southall Freeman
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Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Rod Gragg
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 9780807131527
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 404

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P>The only comprehensive account of the Battle of Fort Fisher and the basis for the television documentary Confederate Goliath, Rod Gragg's award-winning book chronicles in detail one of the most dramatic events of the American Civil War. Known as "the Gibraltar of the South," Fort Fisher was the largest, most formidable coastal fortification in the Confederacy, by late 1864 protecting its lone remaining seaport -- Wilmington, North Carolina. Gragg's powerful, fast-paced narrative recounts the military actions, politicking, and personality clashes involved in this unprecedented land and sea battle. It vividly describes the greatest naval bombardment of the war and shows how the fort's capture in January 1865 hastened the South's surrender three months later. In his foreword, historian Edward G. Longacre surveys Gragg's work in the context of Civil War history and literature, citing Confederate Goliath as "the finest book-length account of a significant but largely forgotten episode in our nation's most critical conflict."

Author: Henry Putney Beers
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Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 552

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A guide to Confederate records held in various repositories.

Author: Clement Eaton
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0029087104
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356

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A study of the social, political, and military history of the Confederacy, looking at how the morale of the people and the army affected the outcome of the war, analyzing the operation of the Confederate government, and delineating the changes which occurred in the society of the Old South under the impact of the war.

Author: Lawrence Lee Hewitt
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 9780807119617
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244

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Although the evidence of the site has nearly vanished, Port Hudson, Louisiana, holds a distinct place in Civil War History. Located just north of Baton Rouge, the village was the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River and the site of the longest genuine siege in American military history. In Port Hudson, Confederate Bastion on the Mississippi, Lawrence Hewitt offers a compelling account of the Confederate occupation of Port Hudson in August, 1862, and the Union's efforts to capture the stronghold, culminating in a final unsuccessful assault in May, 1863. Throughout his study, Hewitt offers a colorful narrative account of daily life in the garrison, the commanders' strategies, and the importance of Port Hudson to the war.Wanting to strengthen their hold on Vicksburg, the Confederates begna constructing earthworks for a battery at Port Hudson in early April, 1862. By late summer, the first troops began arriving for duty. As thee soldiers fortified the bluff, they sought to avoid drawing fire from Union naval vessels already present in the area. Throughout their occupation of Port Hudson, the Confederate troops were able to hold their position tenaciously, fighting off Federal efforts to block supply ships by controlling the mouth of the Red River. The Union's failure to starve out the Confederates eventually led them to launch a direct assault on Port Hudson. This attack was unsuccessful and was followed by an equally disastrous siege. Consequently, Port Hudson did not surrender until after the capitulation of Vicksburg in 1863.Hewitt also discusses a unique outcome of this period of the war: the increased enlistment of black soldiers in northern units. According to the author, the newspaper coverage of the charge by black troops at Port Hudson proved to be vital in convincing the northern masses to accept the enlistment of nearly 180,000 black soldiers in the army before the end of the war. Port Hudson will generate renewed interest in and discussion of an important period in Civil War history among scholars and Civil War buffs alike.