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1 online resource |
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Number 4 in the American military studies series
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American military studies ; no. 4.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
"What Will the Poor People Do": The Decline of Confederate Confidence and Unity -- "A Raging Leaden Hailstorm": The Battles for the Carolinas -- "In the Highest Interest of Humanity": Negotiating Peace in the Carolinas -- "The Tinkering of Politicians": The Consequences of Peace in the Carolinas -- "Make the Enemy Pay Dearly in Blood": The Mobile Campaign -- "Crushed but Not Yet Conquered in Spirit": Peace in Alabama -- "Attacked and Harassed beyond Endurance:' Wilson's Raid in Northern Alabama -- "Don't Butcher Us All": Wilson's Raid from Selma to Macon -- "The Absolute Dictator": Leadership in the Trans-Mississippi Department -- "A Rabble of Dead-Heads": The Defense of the Trans-Mississippi Department -- "The Exercise of One Manly Virtue": The Surrender of the Trans-Mississippi Department -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
"Book describes the three surrenders by Confederate armies that occurred after Robert E. Lee surrendered to U.S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865. They included Joseph Johnston's to William Tecumseh Sherman; Richard Taylor's to Edward Canby; and the dissolution of the Trans-Mississippi Department under Edmund Kirby-Smith"-- Provided by publisher |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891 -- Military leadership.
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Taylor, Richard, 1826-1879 -- Military leadership.
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Kirby-Smith, Edmund, 1824-1893 -- Military leadership.
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Confederate States of America. Army -- History.
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Kirby-Smith, Edmund, 1824-1893 -- Military leadership. |
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Taylor, Richard, 1826-1879 -- Military leadership. |
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Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891 -- Military leadership. |
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Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJqFPGJqVQcDGDPYRg7bVC |
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Kirby-Smith, Edmund, 1824-1893 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJcRc6YfFPHXBqJpt6Vt8C |
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Taylor, Richard, 1826-1879 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJjRVJGvB6BWvPB6xWrjG3 |
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Confederate States of America. Army |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
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Command of troops |
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Military campaigns |
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United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq |
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American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vB9RxkMwD8h64CPrTGb |
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1861-1865 |
| Genre/Form |
History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781574417913 1574417916 (DLC) 2019053461 (OCoLC)1128414500 |
| ISBN |
1574418025 (electronic book) |
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9781574418026 (electronic bk.) |
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9781574417913 |
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1574417916 |
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