THE CONFEDERATE ALAMO :: Bloodbath at Petersburg's Fort Gregg on April 2, 1865 /

"The Confederate Alamo is the first book-length study ever written about the chaotic and bloody Battle of Fort Gregg. By April 2, 1865, General Ulysses S. Grant's men had tightened their noose around the vital town of Petersburg, Virginia. Trapped on three sides with a river at their back,...

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1. Verfasser: Fox, John J., 1959-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Winchester, Virginia : Angle Valley Press, ©2010.
Ausgabe:First edition.
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Zusammenfassung:"The Confederate Alamo is the first book-length study ever written about the chaotic and bloody Battle of Fort Gregg. By April 2, 1865, General Ulysses S. Grant's men had tightened their noose around the vital town of Petersburg, Virginia. Trapped on three sides with a river at their back, the soldiers from General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia had never faced such dire circumstances. To give Lee time to craft an escape, a small motley group of threadbare Southerners made a suicidal last stand at a place called Fort Gregg. Famous Civil War historian Douglas Southall Freeman described this fight as "one of the most dramatic incidents of an overwhelming day." The venerable Union commander, Major General John Gibbon, observed, "[t]he struggle was one of the most desperate ever witnessed"--Publisher's website
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xviii, 329 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-311) and index.
ISBN:9781940669168
1940669162