Through the howling wilderness
Subtitle: the 1864 Red River Campaign and Union failure in the West
By: Gary D. Joiner ; with a foreword by Edwin C. Bearss.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Knoxville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9781572335448
Subjects: United States. -- Army -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.; United States. -- Navy -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.; Red River Expedition, 1864.; Strategy -- History -- 19th century.; Louisiana -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.; Arkansas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Riverine operations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-295) and index.
Table of contents: value: The campaign in context; value: Confederate preparations; value: Union plans; value: The Union advance; value: The battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill; value: The campaign in Arkansas; value: Union retreat in Louisiana; value: Congressional investigation; value: Conclusion; value: Appendix 1 : Mississippi squadron vessels deployed in the Red River Campaign, March-May 1864; value: Appendix 2 : orders of battle for the Red River Campaign; value: Appendix 3 : David Dixon Porter letter; value: Appendix 4 : Richard Taylor letter; value: Appendix 5 : chronology of combined operations; value: Appendix 6 : David French Boyd letter; value: Appendix 7 : Red River Campaign time line.