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MPN
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ISBN
9781606351321
Book Title
Richmond Must Fall : the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, October 1864
Book Series
Civil War Soldiers and Strategies Ser.
Publisher
Kent State University Press
Item Length
9.5 in
Publication Year
2013
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1.3 in
Author
Hampton Newsome
Genre
History
Topic
United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Item Weight
30.3 Oz
Item Width
6.4 in
Number of Pages
400 Pages

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Kent State University Press
ISBN-10
160635132X
ISBN-13
9781606351321
eBay Product ID (ePID)
14038742401

Product Key Features

Book Title
Richmond Must Fall : the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, October 1864
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2013
Topic
United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Genre
History
Author
Hampton Newsome
Book Series
Civil War Soldiers and Strategies Ser.
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
30.3 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2012-039124
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
973.7/37
Synopsis
A study of Grant's and Lee's battles in the weeks before the 1864 election In the fall of 1864, the Civil War's outcome rested largely on Abraham Lincoln's success in the upcoming presidential election. As the contest approached, cautious optimism buoyed the President's supporters in the wake of Union victories at Atlanta and in the Shenandoah Valley. With all eyes on the upcoming election, Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant conducted a series of large-scale military operations outside Richmond and Petersburg, which have, until now, received little attention. In Richmond Must Fall, Hampton Newsome examines these October battles in unprecedented scope and detail. The narrative begins with one of Lee's last offensive operations of the war at the Darbytown Road on October 7, 1864, and ends with Grant's major offensive on October 27 to seize the South Side Railroad, the last open rail line into the Confederate stronghold at Petersburg. The offensive would spark sharp fighting at Burgess Mill south of Petersburg and on the Williamsburg Road east of Richmond. The October 1864 operations offer important insights into the personalities and command styles of Lee and Grant, including Lee's penchant for audacity and overwhelming thirst to strike a blow against his opponent even against bitter odds and Grant's willingness to shoulder heavy responsibility in the face of great risk. The narrative explores the relationships within the high command of both armies, including Grant's sometimes strained partnership with the cautious George Meade. It also illustrates Grant's efforts to guide the strong-willed political general Ben- jamin F. Butler, whose steadfast support for African American troops would spark a prisoner controversy that would bring the war's underlying issues of slavery and race into bold relief. For the Confederates, the month's operations illustrate Lee's necessary reliance on his key combat commanders at Petersburg, including the formidable William Mahone. Drawing on an array of original sources, Newsome focuses on the October battles themselves, examining the plans for the operations, the decisions made by commanders on the battlefield, and the soldiers' view from the ground. At the same time, he places these military actions in the larger political context of the fall of 1864. With the election looming, neither side could afford a defeat at Richmond or Petersburg. Nevertheless, Grant and Lee were will- ing to take significant risks to seek great advantage. These military events set the groundwork for operations that would close the war in Virginia several months later.
LC Classification Number
E476.93.N49 2012

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