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Spring 1865 : the closing campaigns of the Civil War / Perry D. Jamieson ; maps by Erin Greb.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jamieson, Perry D., author.
- Series:
- Great campaigns of the Civil War.
- Great Campaigns of the Civil War
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
- United States.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Peace.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (564 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln, [Nebraska] ; London, [England] : University of Nebraska Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780803274709
- 080327470X
- 9780803225817
- 0803225814
- 9780803274723
- 0803274726
- OCLC:
- 903489524
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