Charleston Under Siege

Author : Douglas W. Bostick
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 161423034X
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Charleston Under Siege written by Douglas W. Bostick and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-07-29 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charleston was the prize that the Union army and navy desperately sought to capture. Union General Halleck, in writing to General W.T. Sherman, declared, "Should you capture Charleston, I hope that by some accident the place may be destroyed." However, despite bringing to bear the full firepower of the U.S. Army and Navy, Charleston would not relent. The defense of Charleston employed every tool available to an outmanned Confederate army. Yet after 567 days of constant attack by infantry, gun batteries and the Union fleet, Charleston would not surrender. Only after the evacuation of the Confederate forces to reinforce General Joe Johnston in North Carolina did the Federal government gain control of the city. Join historian Doug Bostick as he tells the story of the siege of Charleston, the longest siege of the Civil War.

Author : E. Milby Burton
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 9780872493452
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Siege of Charleston, 1861-1865 written by E. Milby Burton and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 1970 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Union efforts to capture Fort Sumter.

Author : E. Milby Burton
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 1643363239
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Siege of Charleston, 1861-1865 written by E. Milby Burton and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2022-06-30 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On April 12, 1861, Fort Sumter was fired on by the Confederate batteries located around the Charleston Harbor. Within thirty-four hours, the fort had surrendered. From that moment on, the recapturing of Fort Sumter became one of the Union's most important objectives. Nearly four years elapsed before the Northern forces were successful. The Siege of Charleston provides the complete history of those four important years in the history of the Civil War.

Author : Joseph Kelly
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1468310259
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book America's Longest Siege written by Joseph Kelly and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2013-06-27 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[A] vivid and engrossing study of slavery in and around one of its trading hubs, Charleston, SC . . . an important contribution to Southern antebellum history.” —Library Journal In America’s Longest Siege, historian Joseph Kelly captures the toxic mix of nationalism, paternalism, and wealth that made Charleston the center of the nationwide debate over slavery and the tragic act of secession that doomed both the city and the South. Thoroughly researched and compulsively readable, America’s Longest Siege offers a new take on the Civil War and the culture that made it inevitable. “Lays bare the decades-long campaign of rationalization and intimidation that revivified and reinforced the institution of slavery and dragged the United States into disunion and civil war . . . this masterful study is a timely and important reminder of the consequences that result when ideological extremists succeed in drowning out the voices of reason.” —Peter Quinn, author of Hour of the Cat

Author : Carl P. Borick
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 1611171687
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Gallant Defense written by Carl P. Borick and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2012-08-02 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This detailed account of Britain’s Siege of Charleston is “a welcome addition to the history of South Carolina and of the American Revolution” (Journal of Military History). In 1779 Sir Henry Clinton and more than eight thousand British troops left the waters of New York, seeking to capture the colonies’ most important southern port, Charleston, South Carolina. Clinton and his officers believed that victory in Charleston would change both the seat of the war and its character. In this comprehensive study of the 1780 siege and surrender of Charleston, Carl P. Borick offers a full examination of the strategic and tactical elements of Clinton’s operations. Drawing on an impressive array of primary and secondary sources, Borick contends that the British effort against Charleston was one of the most critical campaigns of the war. He examines the shift in British strategy, the efforts of their army and navy, and the difficulties the patriots faced as they defended the city. He also explores the roles of key figures in the campaign, including Benjamin Lincoln, William Moultrie, and Lord Charles Cornwallis.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Original Papers Relating to the Siege of Charleston, 1780 written by and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Wilmot Gibbes DeSaussure
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Account of the Siege of Charleston, South Carolina, in 1780 written by Wilmot Gibbes DeSaussure and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Wilmot Gibbes DeSaussure
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Account of the Siege of Charleston, South Carolina in 1780 written by Wilmot Gibbes DeSaussure and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Franklin Benjamin Hough
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Siege of Charleston written by Franklin Benjamin Hough and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Wilmot G[ibbes] [from old catalog] De Saussure
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Account of the Siege of Charleston,. written by Wilmot G[ibbes] [from old catalog] De Saussure and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: