Confederate Goliath
Subtitle: the battle of Fort Fisher
By: Rod Gragg.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9780060160968
Subjects: Fort Fisher (N.C. : Fort) -- Capture, 1865
Description: Confederate Goliath is the remarkable story of the men and women caught in one of the most dramatic events of the American Civl War -- the Battle of Fort Fisher. Protector of Wilmington, North Carolina, the South's last surviving seaport, Fort Fisher was the largest coastal fortification in the Confederacy. Defended by a small but courageous force, in late 1864 and early 1865 the fort became the target of the greatest naval bombardment of the war -- followed by a furious and bloody joint assault by thousands of Federal soldiers and sailors. - Jacket flap.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-330) and index.
Table of contents: title: Black smoke and moon nights; title: They will never get us alive; title: Something must be done to close Wilmington; title: There's a fizzle; title: A storm of shot and shell; title: The enemy has landed; title: The fort will soon be ours; title: I will hold this place; title: Like sheep in a pen; title: The air seems darkened with death; title: Our men begin to waver; title: Wilmington is closed; title: Epilogue; title: Appendix : The opposing forces at Fort Fisher