| Bentonville: The Final Battle of Sherman and Johnston Contributor(s): Hughes, Nathaniel Cheairs (Author) |
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ISBN: 080785784X ISBN-13: 9780807857847 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2006 Annotation: Nathaniel Hughes offers a full-length tactical study of this important battle. In careful detail, he lays out Confederate and Union troop movements and places the engagement within the larger military framework of the last months of the war. Analyzing the reasons for the initial success and eventual failure of Johnston's offensive, Hughes maintains that Sherman showed great restraint by remaining committed to the larger goal of reaching Goldsboro rather than stopping to pursue or destroy the defeated Confederates. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | Military - United States |
| Dewey: 973.738 |
| LCCN: 95-47875 |
| Lexile Measure: 1300 |
| Series: Civil War America (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.87" H x 6.14" W x 9.2" (1.16 lbs) 360 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Geographic Orientation - North Carolina - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The battle of Bentonville, the only major Civil War battle fought in North Carolina, was the Confederacy's last attempt to stop the devastating march of William Tecumseh Sherman's army north through the Carolinas. Despite their numerical disadvantage, General Joseph E. Johnston's Confederate forces successfully ambushed one wing of Sherman's army on March 19, 1865 but were soon repulsed. For the Confederates, it was a heroic but futile effort to delay the inevitable: within a month, both Richmond and Raleigh had fallen, and Lee had surrendered. Nathaniel Hughes offers a full-length tactical study of the battle of Bentonville, the only major Civil War battle fought in North Carolina and the Confederacy's last attempt to stop the devastating march of Sherman's army north through the Carolinas. In careful detail, Hughes lays out Confederate and Union troop movements and places the engagement within the larger military framework of the last months of the war. Analyzing the reasons for the initial success and eventual failure of General Joseph E. Johnston's offensive, Hughes maintains that Sherman showed great restraint by remaining committed to the larger goal of reaching Goldsboro rather than stopping to pursue or destroy the defeated Confederates. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hughes, Nathaniel Cheairs: - Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes Jr. is author, coauthor, or editor of many books, including The Battle of Belmont: Grant Strikes South and The Life and Wars of Gideon J. Pillow (both from the University of North Carolina Press). He lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee. |