Author: E. Milby BurtonPublisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 9780872493452
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
The Union efforts to capture Fort Sumter.
A Gallant Defense
Author: Carl P. BorickPublisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 1611171687
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
This detailed account of Britain’s Siege of Charleston is “a welcome addition to the history of South Carolina and of the American Revolution” (Journal of Military History). In 1779 Sir Henry Clinton and more than eight thousand British troops left the waters of New York, seeking to capture the colonies’ most important southern port, Charleston, South Carolina. Clinton and his officers believed that victory in Charleston would change both the seat of the war and its character. In this comprehensive study of the 1780 siege and surrender of Charleston, Carl P. Borick offers a full examination of the strategic and tactical elements of Clinton’s operations. Drawing on an impressive array of primary and secondary sources, Borick contends that the British effort against Charleston was one of the most critical campaigns of the war. He examines the shift in British strategy, the efforts of their army and navy, and the difficulties the patriots faced as they defended the city. He also explores the roles of key figures in the campaign, including Benjamin Lincoln, William Moultrie, and Lord Charles Cornwallis.
The Siege of Charleston, 1861-1865
Author: E. Milby BurtonPublisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 9780872493452
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
The Union efforts to capture Fort Sumter.
The Siege of Charleston, 1861-1865
Author: E. Milby BurtonPublisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 1643363239
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
On April 12, 1861, Fort Sumter was fired on by the Confederate batteries located around the Charleston Harbor. Within thirty-four hours, the fort had surrendered. From that moment on, the recapturing of Fort Sumter became one of the Union's most important objectives. Nearly four years elapsed before the Northern forces were successful. The Siege of Charleston provides the complete history of those four important years in the history of the Civil War.
Original Papers Relating to the Siege of Charleston, 1780
Author: America's Longest Siege
Author: Joseph KellyPublisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1468310259
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
“[A] vivid and engrossing study of slavery in and around one of its trading hubs, Charleston, SC . . . an important contribution to Southern antebellum history.” —Library Journal In America’s Longest Siege, historian Joseph Kelly captures the toxic mix of nationalism, paternalism, and wealth that made Charleston the center of the nationwide debate over slavery and the tragic act of secession that doomed both the city and the South. Thoroughly researched and compulsively readable, America’s Longest Siege offers a new take on the Civil War and the culture that made it inevitable. “Lays bare the decades-long campaign of rationalization and intimidation that revivified and reinforced the institution of slavery and dragged the United States into disunion and civil war . . . this masterful study is a timely and important reminder of the consequences that result when ideological extremists succeed in drowning out the voices of reason.” —Peter Quinn, author of Hour of the Cat
An Account of the Siege of Charleston, South Carolina, in 1780
Author: Wilmot Gibbes DeSaussurePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charleston (S.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
The Siege of Charleston
Author: Franklin Benjamin HoughPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The Siege of Charleston
Author: Bernhard A. UhlendorfThe Siege of Charleston, by the British Fleet and Army, Under the Command of Admiral Arbuthnot and Sir H. Clinton, which Terminated with the Surrender of that Place on the 12th of May, 1780. [By Franklin B. Hough.] L.P.
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Author: Mariot ARBUTHNOT (Admiral.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
An Account of the Siege of Charleston, South Carolina, in 1780 ... From the City Year Book, 1884
Author: Wilmot Gibbes DE SAUSSUREPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 29
Book Description