The Battle of Ball's Bluff : all the drowned soldiers / by Bill Howard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howard, William F., author.

Series:

Civil War Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ball's Bluff, Battle of, Va., 1861.

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

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (171 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2018.

Summary:

"Three months after the Civil War's first important battle at Manassas in 1861, Union and Confederate armies met again near the sleepy town of Leesburg. What began as a simple scouting mission evolved into a full-scale battle when a regiment of Union soldiers unexpectedly encountered a detachment of Confederate cavalry. The Confederates pushed forward and scattered the Union line. Soldiers drowned trying to escape back to Union lines on the other side of the Potomac River. A congressional investigation of the battle had long-lasting effects on the war's political and military administration. Bill Howard narrates the history of the battle as well as its thorny aftermath"--Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

Intro

Half-Title Page

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Seizing Opportunity

2. "A Slight Demonstration"

3. The Battle Is Joined

4. "One Blast Upon Your Bugle Horn"

5. Panic on the Bluff

6. Someone Had Blundered

7. Congressional Inquiry and the Search for Blame

8. The Arrest and Imprisonment of General Stone

9. "The Absurdity of the Thing"

Order of Battle October 1861

Appendix A. Union and Confederate Casualties at Ball's Bluff

Appendix B. Roster of the Union Soldiers Killed at Ball's Bluff

Appendix C. "We Shall Miss Him"

Appendix D. Letter from the Homefront

Appendix E. Letter from Private George H. Fernald

Appendix F. The Belle of Amherst and Ball's Bluff

Notes

Bibliography

About the Author.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781439665572

1439665575

OCLC:

1293259733