Towards an Indefinite Shore: The Final Months of the Civil War December 1864-May 1865 - Rilegato

Lowry, Don

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ISBN 10: 0781804221 ISBN 13: 9780781804226

Casa editrice: Hippocrene Books, 1999

Riassunto

In his fourth volume devoted to the coordinated campaign waged by Ulysses S. Grant to defeat the Confederacy, author Don Lowry brings his narrative to its fateful conclusion in a chronological approach to events that is truly unique.
As the war's final tragic months unfold, the author combines detailed accounts of the fall of Petersburg, the occupation of Richmond, and the surrender at Appomattox with many lesser-known or unjustly-ignored incidents. Through the main military narrative is woven the continuing story of futile diplomatic efforts to end the war and the movements of John Wilkes Booth and the other Lincoln conspirators toward the fatal rendezvous at Ford's Theater.
Full attention is given to the last weeks of the Civil War after Appomattox, with extensive coverage of the surrender of Johnston's army and of Confederate forces in Texas, the trial of the Lincoln conspirators, the early days of Andrew Johnson's presidency, and the tense manhunt for the now-fugitive Jefferson Davis and other Confederate leaders.

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• Editore: Hippocrene Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0781804221
• ISBN 13: 9780781804226
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 882