Fields of blood : the Prairie Grove Campaign / William L. Shea.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shea, William L.

Series:

Civil War America.

Civil War America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prairie Grove, Battle of, Ark., 1862.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

William Shea offers a gripping narrative of the events surrounding Prairie Grove, Arkansas, one of the great unsung battles of the Civil War that effectively ended Confederate offensive operations west of the Mississippi River. Shea provides a colorful account of a grueling campaign that lasted five months and covered hundreds of miles of rugged Ozark terrain. In a fascinating analysis of the personal, geographical, and strategic elements that led to the fateful clash in northwest Arkansas, he describes a campaign notable for rapid marching, bold movements, hard fighting, and the most remarkab

Contents:

Hindman

Federals

Return to Arkansas

The Boston Mountains

War of nerves

Down in the valley

Cane Hill

Race to Prairie Grove

Opening moves

Artillery duel

Herron storms the ridge

Fight for the Borden house

Blunt saves the day

Change of front

Confederate sunset

Retreat

Aftermath

Raid on Van Buren

Epilogue

Appendix: Order of battle.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-88-908848-0-0

979-88-9313-401-8

0-8078-6602-4

1-4696-0509-0

0-8078-9868-6

OCLC:

642661016