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Even after Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox, the Civil War continued to be fought, and surrenders negotiated, on different fronts. The most notable of these occurred at Bennett Place, near Durham, North Carolina, when Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered the Army of Tennessee to Union General William T. Sherman. In this first full-length examination of the end of the war in North Carolina, Mark Bradley traces the campaign leading up to Bennett Place.
Alternating between Union and Confederate points of view and drawing on his readings of primary sources, including numerous eyewitness accounts and the final muster rolls of the Army of Tennessee, Bradley depicts the action as it was experienced by the troops and the civilians in their path. He offers new information about the morale of the Army of Tennessee during its final confrontation with Sherman’s much larger Union army. And he advances a fresh interpretation of Sherman’s and Johnston’s roles in the final negotiations for the surrender.
Editions of This Astounding Close
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780807825655
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780807857014
- EBook
- ISBN 9780807877067
- PDF
- ISBN 9798890871435
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Even after Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox, the Civil War continued to be fought, and surrenders negotiated, on different fronts. The most notable of these occurred at Bennett Place, near Durham, North Carolina, when Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered the Army of Tennessee to Union General William T. Sherman. In this first full-length examination of the end of the war in North Carolina, Mark Bradley traces the campaign leading up to Bennett Place.
Alternating between Union and Confederate points of view and drawing on his readings of primary sources, including numerous eyewitness accounts and the final muster rolls of the Army of Tennessee, Bradley depicts the action as it was experienced by the troops and the civilians in their path. He offers new information about the morale of the Army of Tennessee during its final confrontation with Sherman’s much larger Union army. And he advances a fresh interpretation of Sherman’s and Johnston’s roles in the final negotiations for the surrender.
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Even after Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox, the Civil War continued to be fought, and surrenders negotiated, on different fronts. The most notable of these occurred at Bennett Place, near Durham, North Carolina, when Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered the Army of Tennessee to Union General William T. Sherman. In this first full-length examination of the end of the war in North Carolina, Mark Bradley traces the campaign leading up to Bennett Place.
Alternating between Union and Confederate points of view and drawing on his readings of primary sources, including numerous eyewitness accounts and the final muster rolls of the Army of Tennessee, Bradley depicts the action as it was experienced by the troops and the civilians in their path. He offers new information about the morale of the Army of Tennessee during its final confrontation with Sherman’s much larger Union army. And he advances a fresh interpretation of Sherman’s and Johnston’s roles in the final negotiations for the surrender.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in This Astounding Close?
History and Archaeology > History > History of the Americas
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How long is This Astounding Close and how many pages does it have?
This Astounding Close has 432 page(s)
Who is/are the Author/s of the book This Astounding Close?
Mark L. Bradley
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This Astounding Close is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780807825655) and paperback(ISBN 9780807857014) and ebook(ISBN 9780807877067) and pdf(ISBN 9798890871435)
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