Spring 1865 : the closing campaigns of the Civil War / Perry D. Jamieson.

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Jamieson, Perry D

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Great campaigns of the Civil WarPublisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2015Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780803274723
0803274726
9780803274709
080327470X

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Spring 1865DDC classification:

973.7/31 23

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E470 .J36 2015eb

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Contents:

Terrible times of shipwreck -- Fort Fisher and Wilmington -- In the Carolinas -- Bentonville -- Late winter at Petersburg -- The fall of Petersburg -- To Sailor's Creek -- Spring morning -- A scrap of paper -- Scattered embers.

Summary: When Gen. Robert E. Lee fled from Petersburg and Richmond, Virginia, in April 1865, many observers did not realize that the Civil War had reached its nadir. A large number of Confederates, from Jefferson Davis down to the rank-and-file, were determined to continue fighting. Though Union successes had nearly extinguished the Confederacy's hope for an outright victory, the South still believed it could force the Union to grant a negotiated peace that would salvage some of its war aims. As evidence of the Confederacy's determination, two major Union campaigns, along with a number of smaller engag.

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When Gen. Robert E. Lee fled from Petersburg and Richmond, Virginia, in April 1865, many observers did not realize that the Civil War had reached its nadir. A large number of Confederates, from Jefferson Davis down to the rank-and-file, were determined to continue fighting. Though Union successes had nearly extinguished the Confederacy's hope for an outright victory, the South still believed it could force the Union to grant a negotiated peace that would salvage some of its war aims. As evidence of the Confederacy's determination, two major Union campaigns, along with a number of smaller engag.

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