Calamity in Carolina

preview-18
  • Calamity in Carolina Book Detail

  • Author : Daniel T. Davis
  • Release Date : 2015-03-19
  • Publisher : Savas Beatie
  • Genre : History
  • Pages : 169
  • ISBN 13 : 1611212456
  • File Size : 29,29 MB

Calamity in Carolina by Daniel T. Davis PDF Summary

Book Description: Robert E. Lee gave Joseph E. Johnston an impossible task. Federal armies under Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman had rampaged through Georgia on their ÒMarch to the SeaÓ and now were cutting a swath of destruction as they marched north from Savannah through the Carolinas. Locked in a desperate defense of Richmond and Petersburg, there was little Lee could do to stem ShermanÕs tideÑso he turned to Johnston. The one-time hero of Manassas had squabbled for years with Confederate President Jefferson Davis, eventually leading to his removal during the Atlanta Campaign. The disgraced Johnston had fallen far. Yet Lee saw his old friend and professional rival as the only man who could stop ShermanÑthe only man who could achieve the impossible. ÒJ.E. Johnston is the only officer whom I know who has the confidence of the army,Ó Lee told Davis. Back in command, Johnston would have to assemble a makeshift forceÑincluding the shattered remnants of the once-vaunted Army of TennesseeÑthen somehow stop the Federal juggernaut. He would thus set out to achieve something that had ever eluded Lee: deal a devastating blow to an isolated Union force. Success could potentially prolong the most tragic chapter in American history, adding thousands more to a list of casualties that was already unbearable to read. Historians Daniel T. Davis and Phillip S. Greenwalt, co-authors of Bloody Autumn: The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864 and Hurricane from the Heavens: The Battle of Cold Harbor, now turn their considered gaze toward the long-forgotten battles of Averasboro and Bentonville. Written in the accessible style that has become the hallmark of the Emerging Civil War Series, Calamity in Carolina: The Battles of Averasboro and Bentonville includes more than a hundred illustrations, new maps, and thought-provoking analysis to tell the story of the last great battles of the war in the West.

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own Calamity in Carolina books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

Calamity in Carolina

Calamity in Carolina

File Size : 28,28 MB
Total View : 8891 Views
DOWNLOAD

Robert E. Lee gave Joseph E. Johnston an impossible task. Federal armies under Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman had rampaged through Georgia on their ÒMarch

The Confederate Surrender at Greensboro

The Confederate Surrender at Greensboro

File Size : 5,5 MB
Total View : 6537 Views
DOWNLOAD

Drawing upon more than 200 eyewitness accounts, this work chronicles the largest troop surrender of the Civil War, at Greensboro--one of the most confusing, fru

No Turning Back

No Turning Back

File Size : 72,72 MB
Total View : 9947 Views
DOWNLOAD

“[T]here will be no turning back,” said Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. It was May, 1864. The Civil War had dragged into its fourth spring. It was time to end th

A Want of Vigilance

A Want of Vigilance

File Size : 40,40 MB
Total View : 4645 Views
DOWNLOAD

"The months after Gettysburg had hardly been quiet„filled with skirmishes, cavalry clashes, and plenty of marching. Nonetheless, Union commander Maj. Gen. Geor

Redcoats on the Cape Fear

Redcoats on the Cape Fear

File Size : 91,91 MB
Total View : 3320 Views
DOWNLOAD

Nestled on the banks of the Cape Fear River, Wilmington, North Carolina, remains famous as a blockade-running port during the Civil War. Not as renowned is the