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Spring 1865 : the closing campaigns of the Civil War

Summary: When Gen. Robert E. Lee fled from Petersburg and Richmond, Virginia, in April 1865, many observers did not realize that the Civil War had reached its nadir. A large number of Confederates, from Jefferson Davis down to the rank-and-file, were determined to continue fighting. Though Union successes had nearly extinguished the Confederacy's hope for an outright victory, the South still believed it could force the Union to grant a negotiated peace that would salvage some of its war aims. As evidence of the Confederacy's determination, two major Union campaigns, along with a number of smaller engag.

Record details

ISBN: 0803274718
ISBN: 9780803274716
ISBN: 0803225814
ISBN: 9780803225817
ISBN: 080327470X
ISBN: 9780803274709
ISBN: 0803274726
ISBN: 9780803274723
Physical Description: 1 online resource
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Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2015.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Terrible times of shipwreck -- Fort Fisher and Wilmington -- In the Carolinas -- Bentonville -- Late winter at Petersburg -- The fall of Petersburg -- To Sailor's Creek -- Spring morning -- A scrap of paper -- Scattered embers.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.