| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 335 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Wilson's raid -- The road to Columbus -- Gathering darkness on the Chattahoochee -- Conflict of the horizon : week one -- The enemy approaches : week two -- Time runs out -- The battle begins : Crawford and Uchee Creek -- The fight for the city bridge -- The lost brigade -- The stage is set -- The night attack : assault on Fort 3 -- The night attack : "A speedy journey to Hell" -- The night attack : "Then commenced the rough and tumble fight" -- The night attack : the battle concludes -- The conflagration begins -- Laid in ruins -- Evacuation of Columbus -- Aftermath. |
| Summary |
"In this work, Charles A. Misulia, a lifelong student of the Civil War and expert on the Battle of Columbus, provides a comprehensive study of the Easter Sunday, April 16, 1865, conflict. The struggle occurred in the dark of night, extended over a mile and half through a series of forts and earthworks, and was finally decided in an encounter on a bridge a thousand feet in length. Misulia presents the first complete account of this battle, examining and recounting in depth not only the composition and actions of the contending forces, which numbered some three thousand men on each side, but meticulously detailing the effect of the engagement on the city of Columbus and its environs. As such, this book fills in an omission in the grand account of our cataclysmic national struggle and also adds a significant chapter to the history of an important regional city. In addition, Misulia bravely takes on the long-vexing question of which encounter should be seen as the last 'battle' of the Civil War and argues persuasively that Columbus, Georgia, qualifies for this distinction on a number of counts"--Flyleaf |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Columbus, Battle of, Columbus, Ga., 1865.
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Georgia -- Columbus. |
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Battle of Columbus (Columbus, Georgia : 1865) |
| Chronological Term |
1865 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Misulia, Charles A., 1980- Columbus, Georgia, 1865. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2010 9780817316761 (DLC) 2009018500 (OCoLC)320895392 |
| ISBN |
9780817392901 (electronic book) |
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0817392904 (electronic book) |
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9780817316761 |
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0817316760 |
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