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A young general and the fall of Richmond : the life and career of Godfrey Weitzel / G. William Quatman.
Van Pelt Library E467.1.W455 Q38 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Quatman, G. William, 1958- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Weitzel, G. (Godfrey), 1835-1884.
- Weitzel, G.
- Generals--United States--Biography.
- Generals.
- United States.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography.
- History.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
- Military campaigns.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 336 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2015]
- Contents:
- Over-the-Rhine
- Welcome to West Point
- No longer a plebe
- Early career in New Orleans
- Lincoln inauguration and war begins
- From Cincinnati to New Orleans
- The capture of New Orleans
- Occupation of the Crescent City
- The LaFourche campaign
- Fighting in the bayous
- Commanding Black troops
- Destroying the J.A. Cotton
- Battle of Port Hudson
- Thibodeaux and the Sabine Pass
- Reunited: Drewry's Bluff and the spring campaign of '64
- Fort Fisher and Ben Butler's powder boat
- Christmas day, 1864: attack on Fort Fisher
- The trial of Benjamin F. Butler
- Final days of war
- The fall of the confederacy
- Entry into Richmond
- Lincoln in Richmond
- Political troubles
- Good Friday; black friday
- Postwar life of the young general.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0821421417
- 9780821421413
- 0821421425
- 9780821421420
- OCLC:
- 894777719
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