Dramatically and authentically, using eyewitness accounts where possible, this book recounts the final 13 months of the Civil War, a year in which a new U.S. Army general in chief was appointed, a new course for the war was charted, a massive new campaign was begun, the abolition of slavery was confirmed by the re-election of Abraham Lincoln, and the course of history was altered by the assassination of America's most revered president. It was the year that the United States won the final battle and the year that the sundered nation was reunited. The book describes those events and the key figures in them.…mehr
Dramatically and authentically, using eyewitness accounts where possible, this book recounts the final 13 months of the Civil War, a year in which a new U.S. Army general in chief was appointed, a new course for the war was charted, a massive new campaign was begun, the abolition of slavery was confirmed by the re-election of Abraham Lincoln, and the course of history was altered by the assassination of America's most revered president. It was the year that the United States won the final battle and the year that the sundered nation was reunited. The book describes those events and the key figures in them.
Formerly with the New York Times and the Saturday Evening Post, Benton Rain Patterson is an emeritus associate professor of journalism at the University of Florida.
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Table of Contents Introduction 1. The Change of Command March 1864 2. The Plan for Victory March 23 to May 3 1864 3. The Massacre March 25 to April 13 1864 4. Lee April 1864 5. The Grant Offensive Begins May 2 to May 7 1864 6. The Red River Debacle March 2 to May 21 1864 7. Death at Spotsylvania May 7 to May 19 1864 8. Repulse at Cold Harbor May 21 to June 12 1864 9. The Georgia Invasion May 4 to July 17 1864 10. General Sigel and the Battle of New Market May 15 1864 11. The End of the CSS Alabama June 11 to June 19 1864 12. General Hunter's War May 21 to June 30 1864 13. Petersburg June 12 to June 18 1864 14. The March to Washington June 23 to July 12 1864 15. The Mining Disaster June 21 to July 30 1864 16. Damn the Torpedoes August 4 to August 5 1864 17. Stalemate at Atlanta July 17 to August 23 1864 18. Atlanta Is Burning August 24 to November 16 1864 19. Sheridan in the Valley July 31 1864 to March 2 1865 20. The Presidential Election June 8 to November 8 1864 21. Across the Mississippi May to December 1864 22. Hood's Last Campaign October 15 1864 to January 23 1865 23. The March to the Sea November 16 to December 21 1864 24. The Fight for Fort Fisher December 24 1864 to January 15 1865 25. Sherman in the Carolinas January 21 to March 24 1865 26. The Fall of Petersburg and the Capture of Richmond March 25 to April 3 1865 27. The Meeting at the McLean House April 9 1865 28. The Assassination April 14 1865 29. The Beginning of Peace Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Introduction 1. The Change of Command March 1864 2. The Plan for Victory March 23 to May 3 1864 3. The Massacre March 25 to April 13 1864 4. Lee April 1864 5. The Grant Offensive Begins May 2 to May 7 1864 6. The Red River Debacle March 2 to May 21 1864 7. Death at Spotsylvania May 7 to May 19 1864 8. Repulse at Cold Harbor May 21 to June 12 1864 9. The Georgia Invasion May 4 to July 17 1864 10. General Sigel and the Battle of New Market May 15 1864 11. The End of the CSS Alabama June 11 to June 19 1864 12. General Hunter's War May 21 to June 30 1864 13. Petersburg June 12 to June 18 1864 14. The March to Washington June 23 to July 12 1864 15. The Mining Disaster June 21 to July 30 1864 16. Damn the Torpedoes August 4 to August 5 1864 17. Stalemate at Atlanta July 17 to August 23 1864 18. Atlanta Is Burning August 24 to November 16 1864 19. Sheridan in the Valley July 31 1864 to March 2 1865 20. The Presidential Election June 8 to November 8 1864 21. Across the Mississippi May to December 1864 22. Hood's Last Campaign October 15 1864 to January 23 1865 23. The March to the Sea November 16 to December 21 1864 24. The Fight for Fort Fisher December 24 1864 to January 15 1865 25. Sherman in the Carolinas January 21 to March 24 1865 26. The Fall of Petersburg and the Capture of Richmond March 25 to April 3 1865 27. The Meeting at the McLean House April 9 1865 28. The Assassination April 14 1865 29. The Beginning of Peace Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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