Besieged
Subtitle: Mobile 1865
By: Russell W. Blount, Jr
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Gretna
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
ISBN-13: 9781455621101; 9781455621118
Subjects: Social conditions; Mobile Bay, Battle of, Ala., 1864; Social aspects; Military History; Personal narratives; Naval History
Description: "The campaign for Mobile, Alabama in 1865 represented the last major military battle of the American Civil War. It was almost unbearable for the people who endured it. This nonfiction book brings to life some of the forgotten people of the siege, through their diaries and letters"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-164) and index.
Table of contents: title: This fearful scourge; title: Take Mobile and hold it; title: The best fortified place in the Confederacy; title: Gallant to rashness; title: I never saw such digging; title: A set of desperate cut throats; title: No rest day or night; title: We have the fort!; title: I hope you live through all this; title: Fight or surrender; title: A most hateful sight; title: A terrible calamity; title: Afterword; title: Appendix.