Michael J. Forsyth

The Camden Expedition of 1864 and the Opportunity Lost by the Confederacy to Change the Civil War

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Produktbeschreibung

The Confederacy had a great opportunity to turn the Civil War in its favor in 1864, but squandered this chance when it failed to finish off a Union army cornered in Louisiana because of concerns about another Union army coming south from Arkansas. The Confederates were so confused that they could not agree on a course of action to contend with both threats, thus the Union offensive advancing from Arkansas saved the one in Louisiana and became known to history as the Camden Expedition. The Camden Expedition is intriguing because of the ""might-have-beens"" had the key players made different decisions. The author contends that if Frederick Steele, commander of the Federal VII Army Corps, had not received a direct order from General Ulysses S. Grant to move south, disaster would have befallen not only the Army of the Gulf in Louisiana but the entire Union cause, and possibly would have prevented Abraham Lincoln from winning reelection.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. November 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780786437351
• ISBN-10: 0786437359
• Artikelnr.: 23305329

Autorenporträt

Colonel Michael J. Forsyth (U.S. Army) formerly commanded the 196th Infantry Brigade and now serves as chief of staff of the Alaskan Command and is a Ph.D. candidate at the Royal Military College of Canada. He writes articles for Gettysburg Magazine, Field Artillery Journal, Small Wars Journal and Military Review.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments    
List of Maps    
Introduction    
1 "A mere demonstration will not be sufficient..."    
2 The Rebel Commanders    
3 The Yankee Commanders    
4 Toward a Common Center?    
5 Starting "in style"    
6 A Change in Plans    
7 "... a destroying mania had seized the rebels"    
8 "I decided to fall back at once..."    
9 "There was no dry place to lie down..."    
10 "There was nothing of the romance of war..."    
11 Steele Loses a Campaign but Saves an Army    
Appendix 1: Campaign Chronology    
Appendix 2: Order of Battle    
Bibliography    
Index