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Hood's defeat near Fox's Gap [electronic resource] : prelude to emancipation / Curtis L. Older

Author
Older, Curtis L., 1947-
Additional Titles
Prelude to emancipation
Published
Philadelphia : Casemate, 2023.
Physical Description
xii, 210 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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Contents
The approaching battle -- Fox's Gap - Union perspective -- Fox's Gap - Confederate prospective -- Brigadier General John Bell Hood's advance -- The Confederate dilemma at Turner's Gap -- After South Mountain.
Summary
The Battle of South Mountain at Fox's Gap - "prelude to emancipation" - deserves an accurate portrayal. "Hood's Defeat near Fox's Gap" discloses the most significant discovery on the battlefield of Fox's Gap in 160 years, soundly and undeniably refuting every author who has written about the actions of Confederate General John Bell Hood during the battle. Based on a careful understanding of the history of the roads and land tracts associated with Fox's and Turner's Gaps, and the details of specific landmarks mentioned in primary documents, the author presents a more detailed and accurate geographical and topographical study of the battlefield than any previously presented. The correct placements of Hood's troop positions reconfigures the entire placement of the competing forces in the battle, setting the record straight on the achievements of the Union army in the battle, and the Confederate casualites. Rebuffing a significant amound of incorrect material published about this battle, this new account of the battle of South Mountain gives the reader the opportunity to re-examine and re-interpret the Maryland campaign.
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ISBN
9781636242736 (hardcover)
1636242731 (hardcover)
9781636242743 (digital)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-202) and index.
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