Steven Bernstein

The Confederacy's Last Northern Offensive

Jubal Early, the Army of the Valley and the Raid on Washington

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Produktbeschreibung

By spring 1864, the administration of Abraham Lincoln was in serious trouble, with mounting debt, low morale and eroding political support. As spring became summer, a force of Confederate troops led by Lieutenant General Jubal Anderson Early marched north through the Shenandoah Valley and crossed the Potomac as Washington, D.C., and Maryland lay nearly undefended. This Civil War history explores what could have been a decisive Confederate victory and the reasons Early's invasion of Maryland stalled.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 471g
• ISBN-13: 9780786458615
• ISBN-10: 0786458615
• Artikelnr.: 30211115

Autorenporträt

Steven Bernstein has written for America's Civil War, the Washington Times, and numerous other journals and newspapers. He lives in Hyattsville, Maryland.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface
1.
Northern Civilian Sentiment, Spring 1864
2.
Two Generals Gamble
3.
Economic Warfare-Southern Style
4.
A Pyrrhic Victory
5.
The Road to Silver Spring
6.
A Raid to Nowhere
7.
Back to Virginia
8.
Chambersburg-Twice Sacri
ced
9.
Debacle at Moore
eld 10.
Northern Victory in Sight 11.
Failure in the Shenandoah Country 12.
Ordeal by Fire 13.
Epilogue-Winter 1865 Appendix: Hagerstown Ransomed Chapter Notes Bibliography Index