Potter's Raid through South Carolina : the final days of the Confederacy / Tom Elmore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elmore, Tom (Historian), author.

Series:

Civil War Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Potter's Raid, S.C., 1865.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (112 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In April 1865, Richmond had fallen, and the Confederacy was dying. Robert E. Lee had surrendered his army to Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia. Joseph Johnston was in North Carolina negotiating the surrender of his army to William T. Sherman. But in South Carolina, General Edward Potter was leading 2, 500 Union soldiers, including the famed African American regiment the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts, through the state's interior, intent on destroying the railroads and equipment. This is the story of Potter's Raid. Using rare and nearly forgotten accounts, historian Tom Elmore has compiled the story of this often-overlooked campaign that featured the last shots of the Civil War in the state that started it.

Contents:

Front Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Background of the Raid and the Raiders

2. The Raid Begins

3. The Battle of Dingle's Mill and the Occupation of Sumter and Camden

4. The Battle of Boykin's Mill and the Last Shots Fired

5. The Raid Ends and the War Winds Down

6. The Raid's Legacy

Appendix. Military Units Involved in the Raid

Chronology

Notes

Bibliography

About the Author.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebook Central, viewed May 20, 2025).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781625854995

1625854994

OCLC:

1250090071