This Astounding Close: The Road to Bennett Place

This Astounding Close: The Road to Bennett Place

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.

Country	USA
Author	Mark L. Bradley
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: The University of North Carolina Press
EAN	9780807857014
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	0807857017
Label	The University of North Carolina Press
Manufacturer	The University of North Carolina Press
MPN	41 illustrations, 8 maps, notes, bibl.,
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	432
PartNumber	41 illustrations, 8 maps, notes, bibl.,
PublicationDate	2006-02-27
Publisher	The University of North Carolina Press
Studio	The University of North Carolina Press
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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