When Gen. Robert E. Lee fled from Petersburg and Richmond, Virginia, in April 1865, many observers did not realize that the Civil War had reached its nadir. A large number of Confederates, from Jefferson Davis down to the rank-and-file, were determined to continue fighting. Though Union successes had nearly extinguished the Confederacy's hope for an outright victory, the South still believed it could force the Union to grant a negotiated peace that would salvage some of its war aims. As evidence of the Confederacy's determination, two major Union campaigns, along with a number of smaller engag.
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ISBN:0803274718
ISBN:9780803274716
ISBN:0803225814
ISBN:9780803225817
ISBN:080327470X
ISBN:9780803274709
ISBN:0803274726
ISBN:9780803274723
Physical Description:1 online resource remote
Publisher:Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2015.
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Terrible times of shipwreck -- Fort Fisher and Wilmington -- In the Carolinas -- Bentonville -- Late winter at Petersburg -- The fall of Petersburg -- To Sailor's Creek -- Spring morning -- A scrap of paper -- Scattered embers.