Spring 1865
Subtitle: the closing campaigns of the Civil War
By: Perry D. Jamieson
Series: Great campaigns of the Civil War; Great campaigns of the Civil War
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780803225817
Subjects: Campaigns; Peace; History
Description: Perry D. Jamieson juxtaposes for the first time the major campaign against Lee that ended at Appomattox and Gen. William T. Sherman's march north through the Carolinas, which culminated in Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's surrender at Bennett Place. Jamieson also addresses the efforts required to put down armed resistance in the Deep South and the Trans-Mississippi. As both sides fought for political goals following Lee's surrender, these campaigns had significant consequences for the political-military context that shaped the end of the war as well as Reconstruction.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Terrible times of shipwreck; title: Fort Fisher and Wilmington; title: In the Carolinas; title: Bentonville; title: Late winter at Petersburg; title: The fall of Petersburg; title: To Sailor's Creek; title: Spring morning; title: A scrap of paper; title: Scattered embers.