| April '65: Confederate Covert Action in the American Civil War Contributor(s): Tidwell, William A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0873385152 ISBN-13: 9780873385152 Publisher: Kent State University Press OUR PRICE: $27.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 1995 Annotation: William A. Tidwell establishes the existence of a Confederate Secret Service and clarifies the Confederate decision-making process to show the role played by Jefferson Davis in clandestine operations. While the book focuses on the Confederate Secret Service's involvement with the Lincoln assassination, the information presented has implications for various other aspects of the Civil War. The most thorough description of the Confederate Secret Service to date, April '65 provides previously unknown records and traces the development of Confederate doctrine for the conduct of irregular warfare. In addition it describes Confederate motives and activities associated with the development of a major covert effort to promote the creation of a peace party in the North. It shows in detail how the Confederates planned to attack the military command and control in Washington and how they responded to the situation when the wartime attack evolved into a peacetime assassination. One of the most significant pieces of new information is how the Confederates were successful in influencing the history of the assassination. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - Social Science |
| Dewey: 973.786 |
| LCCN: 94-33226 |
| Lexile Measure: 1480 |
| Series: Eastern European Studies; 1 |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 6.31" W x 9.3" (1.46 lbs) 280 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: William A. Tidwell establishes the existence of a Confederate Secret Service and clarifies the Confederate decision making process to show the role played by Jefferson Davis in clandestine operations. While the book focuses on the Confederate Secret Service's involvement with the Lincoln assassination, the information presented has implications for various other aspects of the Civil War. The most thorough description of the Confederate Secret Service to date, April '65 provides previously unknown records and traces the development of Confederate doctrine for the conduct of irregular warfare. In addition it describes Confederate motives and activities associated with the development of a major covert effort to promote the creation of a peace party in the North. It shows in detail how the Confederates planned to attack the military command and control in Washington and how they responded to the situation when the wartime attack evolved into a peacetime assassination. One of the most significant pieces of new information is how the Confederates were successful in influencing the history of the assassination. |