The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-8078-5956-8
Verlag: The University of North Carolina Press

Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 705 g

Reihe: Military Campaigns of the Civil War

This book takes a fresh look at the longest campaign in the region. Generally regarded as the most important Civil War military operation conducted in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, the campaign of 1864 lasted more than four months and claimed more than 25,000 casualties. Beyond the loss of agricultural bounty to the Confederacy and the boost in Union morale a victory would bring, events in the Valley also would affect Abraham Lincoln's chances for reelection in the November 1864 presidential canvass. The eleven original essays in this volume reexamine common assumptions about the campaign, its major figures, and its significance.The contributors are William W. Bergen, Keith S. Bohannon, Andre M. Fleche, Gary W. Gallagher, Joseph T. Glatthaar, Robert E. L. Krick, Robert K. Krick, William J. Miller, Aaron Sheehan-Dean, William G. Thomas, and Joan Waugh.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gallagher, Gary W.

Über Autor(innen)

Gary W. Gallagher is John L. Nau III Professor of History at the University of Virginia. He is author, most recently, of Lee and His Army in Confederate History.