TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brueske,Paul
TI  - The Last Siege: the Mobile Campaign, Alabama 1865 
SN  - 9781612006321
AV  - E477.94 
U1  - 976.1 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Philadelphia, PA
PB  - Casemate
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - United States
KW  - State & Local
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Mobile (Ala.)
KW  - History
KW  - Siege, 1865
KW  - Alabama
KW  - Mobile
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Key Military Officers Referenced in the Book; Summary of Principal Events; Prologue; 1 Mobile is Threatened; 2 Eager for the Fray; 3 Glisten with Federal Bayonets; 4 The Advance Commences; 5 At Last the Enemy were in Sight; 6 Held with Great Pertinacity; 7 Steele's Column; 8 We Respectfully Decline to be Relieved; 9 The Treadway; 10 It was a Glorious Sight; 11 The Jig was Up; 12 Evacuation; 13 Your City is Menaced; 14 All Our Joy was Turned to Sorrow; 15 The Final Surrender; 16 You are No Longer Soldiers; 17 A Grand Period to this RebellionEpilogue; Appendix 1: The Lady Slocomb; Appendix 2: Historical Locations of the Mobile Campaign Today; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index
N2  - An in-depth history of the Confederate Army's last stand in Mobile, Alabama, a month after Gen. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House. It has long been acknowledged that Gen. Robert E. Lee's surrender at the Battle of Appomattox ended the civil war in Virginia in April of 1865. However, the last siege of the war was the Mobile campaign, an often-overlooked battle that was nevertheless crucial to securing a complete victory. Indeed, the final surrender of Confederate forces happened in Alabama. The Last Siege explores the events surrounding the Union Army's capture of Mobile and offers a new perspective on its strategic importance, including access to vital rail lines and two major river systems. Included here are the most detailed accounts ever written on Union and Confederate camp life in the weeks prior to the invasion, cavalry operations of both sides during the expedition, the Federal feint movement at Cedar Point, the crippling effect of torpedoes on US naval operations in Mobile Bay, the treadway escape from Spanish Fort, and the evacuation of Mobile. Evidence is presented that contradicts the popular notion that Mobile welcomed the Federals as a pro-Union town. Using primary sources, this book highlights the actions of Confederate soldiers who fought to the last with sophisticated military tactics in the Confederacy's last campaign, which led to the final surrender at Citronelle, Alabama, in May
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