Bøger af John G. Barrett

This popular title presents an overview of Civil War North Carolina, with information on secession, preparations for war, battles fought in North Carolina, blockade-running, and the coming of peace. The book contains a map of North Carolina, 1861-1865.

Based on the printed memoirs and documentary records of those who fought in the 1865 Georgia campaign of the American Civil War and those who lived in the path of General Sherman's onslaught, this book tells John Barrett's story of what happened in the three months that followed.

Eleven battles and seventy-three skirmishes were fought in North Carolina during the American Civil War. John Barrett presents the complete story of military engagements across the state, including the classical pitched battle of Bentonville, the siege of Fort Fisher, the amphibious campaigns on the coast, and cavalry sweeps such as Stoneman's raid.