Author: Assoc. of Survivors o. t. Army of TennesseePublisher:
ISBN: 9783337576240
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
First Reunion of the Survivors of the Army of the Tennessee
Author: Assoc. of Survivors o. t. Army of TennesseePublisher:
ISBN: 9783337576240
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
First Reunion of the Survivors of the Army of the Tennessee and Its Four Corps
Author: Association of survivors of the Army of the TennesseePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Catalogue of Library of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Page Nicholson...
Author: John Page NicholsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1068
Book Description
"Digging All Night and Fighting All Day"
Author: Paul BrueskePublisher: Savas Beatie
ISBN: 1611217113
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
The bloody two-week siege of Spanish Fort, Alabama (March 26–April 8, 1865) was one of the final battles of the Civil War. Despite its importance and fascinating history, surprisingly little has been written about it. Many considered the fort as the key to holding the important seaport of Mobile, which surrendered to Maj. Gen. Edward R. S. Canby on April 12, 1865. Paul Brueske’s “Digging All Night and Fighting All Day”: The Civil War Siege of Spanish Fort and the Mobile Campaign, 1865 is the first full-length study of this subject. General U. S. Grant had long set his eyes on capturing Mobile. Its fall would eliminate the vital logistical center and put one of the final nails in the coffin of the Confederacy. On January 18, 1865, Grant ordered General Canby to move against Mobile, Montgomery, and Selma and destroy anything useful to the enemy’s war effort. The reduction of Spanish Fort, along with Fort Blakeley—the primary obstacles to taking Mobile—was a prerequisite to capturing the city. After the devastating Tennessee battles of Franklin and Nashville in late 1864, many Federals believed Mobile’s garrison—which included a few battered brigades and most of the artillery units from the Army of Tennessee—did not have much fight left and would evacuate the city rather than fight. They did not. Despite being outnumbered about 10 to 1, 33-year-old Brig. Gen. Randall Lee Gibson mounted a skillful and spirited defense that “considerably astonished” his Union opponents. The siege and battle that unfolded on the rough and uneven bluffs of Mobile Bay’s eastern shore, fought mainly by veterans of the principal battles of the Western Theater, witnessed every offensive and defensive art known to war. Paul Brueske, a graduate student of history at the University of South Alabama, marshaled scores of primary source materials, including letters, diaries, reports, and newspaper accounts to produce an outstanding study of a little known but astonishingly important event rife with acts of heroism that rivaled any battle of the war. It will proudly occupy a space on the bookshelf of any serious student of the war.
Regimental Publications & Personal Narratives of the Civil War: General references ; Armed forces ; Campaigns and battles
Author: Dictionary Catalogue ...
Author: Illinois State LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Regimental Publications & Personal Narratives of the Civil War
Author: Charles Emil DornbuschPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Quarterly Index of Additions to the Milwaukee Public Library
Author: Milwaukee Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Dictionary Catalogue of the Illinois State Library
Author: Illinois State LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Dictionary
Languages : en
Pages : 814
Book Description
Catalogue of the Illinois State Library
Author: Illinois State LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Dictionary
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description