| This Astounding Close: The Road to Bennett Place Contributor(s): Bradley, Mark L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807857017 ISBN-13: 9780807857014 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2006 Annotation: Drawing from a number of sources that reveal both Northern and Southern points of view, Bradley details of one of the last campaigns of the Civil War, in which the Army of Tennessee surrendered to Sherman at Bennett Place in North Carolina, weeks after the official surrender of Lee at Appomattox. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - History | Military - United States |
| Dewey: 973.738 |
| LCCN: 00-025564 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.24" W x 9.2" (1.37 lbs) 432 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Geographic Orientation - North Carolina - Topical - Civil War - Cultural Region - South - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
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| Publisher Description: 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. 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 L. Bradley depicts the action as it was experienced by the troops and the civilians in their path. banner: Follows the action of the "Carolinas Campaign" of the North Carolina Civil War Trails |
Contributor Bio(s): Bradley, Mark L.: - Mark L. Bradley is author of Last Stand in the Carolinas: The Battle of Bentonville. He lives in Graham, North Carolina. |