The Confederacy's Last Northern Offensive : Jubal Early, the Army of the Valley and the Raid on Washington

Bernstein, Steven

McFarland & Co Inc（2010/12発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 244 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780786458615
• DDC分類 973.737

Full Description

By spring 1864, the administration of Abraham Lincoln was in serious trouble, with mounting debt, low morale and eroding political support. As spring became summer, a force of Confederate troops led by Lieutenant General Jubal Anderson Early marched north through the Shenandoah Valley and crossed the Potomac as Washington, D.C., and Maryland lay nearly undefended. This Civil War history explores what could have been a decisive Confederate victory and the reasons Early's invasion of Maryland stalled.

Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

 1. Northern Civilian Sentiment, Spring 1864

 2. Two Generals Gamble

 3. Economic Warfare—Southern Style

 4. A Pyrrhic Victory

 5. The Road to Silver Spring

 6. A Raid to Nowhere

 7. Back to Virginia

 8. Chambersburg—Twice Sacrificed

 9. Debacle at Moorefield

10. Northern Victory in Sight

11. Failure in the Shenandoah Country

12. Ordeal by Fire

13. Epilogue—Winter 1865

Appendix: Hagerstown Ransomed

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index