The definitive description of the last Confederate invasion of the Union in 1864. The Civil War was in its fourth year, and the Union's victory was not at all certain. The Lincoln administration seemed weak as the autumn election approached. Lee's army remained strong in Virginia while Johnston's forces feinted and dodged in north Georgia to shield Atlanta. The Union army and navy grew in strength, but Confederate forces continued to fight tenaciously. Amid an air of stalemate, the Confederates planned a bold move to ...
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The definitive description of the last Confederate invasion of the Union in 1864. The Civil War was in its fourth year, and the Union's victory was not at all certain. The Lincoln administration seemed weak as the autumn election approached. Lee's army remained strong in Virginia while Johnston's forces feinted and dodged in north Georgia to shield Atlanta. The Union army and navy grew in strength, but Confederate forces continued to fight tenaciously. Amid an air of stalemate, the Confederates planned a bold move to strike at Washington, DC and capture or scatter Lincoln and his cabinet. In command of the operation was the colorful and unpredictable Jubal "Old Jube" Anderson Early, brought in to replace the fallen Stonewall Jackson. Less well known than the bloodier Antietam and Gettysburg, Early's campaign, Cooling argues, had greater significance. In addition to the persnickety bachelor Anderson, this account introduces many colorful participants, including railroad president John W. Garrett, the politically influential Blair family, and Elizabeth "Aunt Betty" Thomas, a free Black woman, who was said to have saved Lincoln's life by shouting at him: "Get down, you fool!" when he came under fire at Fort Stevens. Exciting and comprehensive, Civil War scholars and readers will delight in this masterful account.
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Publisher:
Nautical & Aviation Publishing Company of America
Published:
1995
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
18158289310
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Fair. Acceptable-This is a significantly damaged book. It should be considered a reading copy only. Please order this book only if you are interested in the content and not the condition. May be ex-library. PAPERBACK Standard-sized.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
Publisher:
Nautical & Aviation Publishing Company of America
Published:
1984
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17248371096
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Very Good-in Very Good-dust jacket. 093385286X. First edition. Hard cover published by Nautical and Aviation Publishing Co. in 1984. Maroon covers with gilt lettering on spine. Bottom edges of pages have a small stain near back side. Book is in very good minus condition. Dust jacket has slight creasing along top edges, and is in very good minus condition. Large 8vo, 344 pages, 1.5 lb.; Large 8vo 9"-10" tall; 344 pages.
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Like New. Size: 7x5x0; Softcover. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. "Cooling's superb account of one of the most dramatic ventures of the Civil War, one the peaked with a Confederate army at the gate of the nation's capital even as powerful Union forces threatened a clamp on the capital of Rebeldom, reflects most intensive research and provides a strictly objective account of the doings of both sides in the course of Early's thrust at Washington, from his entry into Maryland until his withdrawal back into Virginia."-Journal of Military History.
