UID:
almafu_9959228529602883
Format:
1 online resource (564 p.)
ISBN:
0-8032-7470-X
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0-8032-2581-4
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0-8032-7472-6
Series Statement:
Great Campaigns of the Civil War
Content:
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
Note:
Includes index.
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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.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-322-97575-2
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8173-5088-8
Language:
English
