| The Assault on Fort Blakeley: The Thunder and Lightning of Battle Contributor(s): Bunn, Mike (Author) |
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ISBN: 1467148636 ISBN-13: 9781467148634 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
| Dewey: 973.738 |
| LCCN: 2020948446 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.75 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: On the afternoon of April 9, 1865, some sixteen thousand Union troops launched a bold, coordinated assault on the three-mile-long line of earthworks known as Fort Blakeley. The charge was one of the grand spectacles of the Civil War, the climax of a weeks-long campaign that resulted in the capture of Mobile--the last major Southern city to remain in Confederate hands. Historian Mike Bunn takes readers into the chaos of those desperate moments along the waters of the storied Mobile-Tensaw Delta. With a crisp narrative that also serves as a guided tour of Alabama's largest Civil War battlefield, the book pioneers a telling of Blakeley's story through detailed accounts from those who participated in the harrowing siege and assault. |