To the bitter end : Appomattox, Bennett Place, and the surrenders of the confederacy / by Robert M. Dunkerly
- Author
- Dunkerly, Robert M.
- Published
- El Dorado Hills, California : Savas Beatie, [2015]
- Copyright Date
- ©2015
- Edition
- First edition.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 173 pages).
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- Series
- Contents
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Author's Note; Table of Contents; List of Maps; Acknowledgments; Prologue: Valor Alone; Chapter One: The Grueling Road West; Chapter Two: The Last Charge; Chapter Three: Mr. McLean's Parlor; Chapter Four: On the Stage Road; Chapter Five: Retreat Through Raleigh; Chapter Six: Mr. Bennett's Parlor; Chapter Seven: Confusion and Unrest; Chapter Eight: Descending Into Chaos; Chapter Nine: The Fall of Mobile; Chapter Ten: Mr. Magee's Parlor; Chapter Eleven: Under the Spreading Oak; Chapter Twelve: Chaos in the Trans-Mississippi; Chapter Thirteen: Galveston Harbor. and Chapter Fourteen: The End in ArkansasChapter Fifteen: The Nations Negotiate; Chapter Sixteen: The Surrender and Memory; Appendix A: The Surrenders at a Glance; Appendix B: The USCTs in the Appomattox Campaign by Christopher Bingham; Appendix C: The Long Road Home from Appomattox by Ernie K. Price; Appendix D: The Last Act: The Surrender of the C.S.S. Shenandoah by Christopher L. Kolakowski; Appendix E: The Lost Generation by Shannon Moeck; Afterword: "With Malice Toward None"; Suggested Reading; About the Author.
- Summary
- Across the Confederacy, determination remained high through the winter of 1864 into the new year. Yet ominous signs were everywhere. The peace conference had failed. Large areas were overrun, the armies could not stop Union advances, the economy was in shambles, and industry and infrastructure were crumbling-the Confederacy could not make, move, or maintain anything. No one knew what the future held, but uncertainty. Civilians and soldiers, generals and governors, resolved to fight to the bitter end. Myths and misconceptions abound about those last days of the Confederacy. There would be no sing.
- Subject(s)
- 1861-1865
- Appomattox Campaign, 1865
- HISTORY—United States—State & Local—General
- Military campaigns
- Peace
- United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Campaigns
- United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Peace
- États-Unis—Histoire—1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession)—Campagnes et batailles
- États-Unis—Histoire—1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession)—Paix
- United States
- American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)
- Appomattox Campaign (1865)
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9781611212532 (electronic bk.)
1611212537 (electronic bk.)
9781611212525 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references.
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