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This Astounding Close: The Road to Bennett Place
This Astounding Close: The Road to Bennett Place
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Even after Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox, the Civil War continued to be fought, and surrenders negotiated, on different fronts. The most notable of these occurred at Bennett Place, near Durham, North Carolina, when Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered the Army of Tennessee to Union General William T. Sherman. In this first full-length examination of the end of the war in North Carolina, Mark Bradley traces the campaign leading up to Bennett Place.
Alternating between Union and Confederate points of view and drawing on his readings of primary sources, including numerous eyewitness accounts and the final muster rolls of the Army of Tennessee, Bradley depicts the action as it was experienced by the troops and the civilians in their path. He offers new information about the morale of the Army of Tennessee during its final confrontation with Sherman's much larger Union army. And he advances a fresh interpretation of Sherman's and Johnston's roles in the final negotiations for the surrender.
Even after Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox, the Civil War continued to be fought, and surrenders negotiated, on different fronts. The most notable of these occurred at Bennett Place, near Durham, North Carolina, when Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered the Army of Tennessee to Union General William T. Sherman. In this first full-length examination of the end of the war in North Carolina, Mark L. Bradley depicts the action as it was experienced by the troops and the civilians in their path.
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Follows the action of the "Carolinas Campaign" of the North Carolina Civil War Trails
Author: Mark L. Bradley
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 02/01/2006
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.37lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.24w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780807857014
Alternating between Union and Confederate points of view and drawing on his readings of primary sources, including numerous eyewitness accounts and the final muster rolls of the Army of Tennessee, Bradley depicts the action as it was experienced by the troops and the civilians in their path. He offers new information about the morale of the Army of Tennessee during its final confrontation with Sherman's much larger Union army. And he advances a fresh interpretation of Sherman's and Johnston's roles in the final negotiations for the surrender.
Even after Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox, the Civil War continued to be fought, and surrenders negotiated, on different fronts. The most notable of these occurred at Bennett Place, near Durham, North Carolina, when Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered the Army of Tennessee to Union General William T. Sherman. In this first full-length examination of the end of the war in North Carolina, Mark L. Bradley depicts the action as it was experienced by the troops and the civilians in their path.
banner:
Follows the action of the "Carolinas Campaign" of the North Carolina Civil War Trails
Author: Mark L. Bradley
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 02/01/2006
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.37lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.24w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780807857014
About the Author
Bradley, Mark L.: - Mark L. Bradley is author of Last Stand in the Carolinas: The Battle of Bentonville. He lives in Graham, North Carolina.
