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Crosshairs on the Capital: Jubal Earlys Raid on Washington, D.C., July 1864
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Specificaties
- Objectstaat
- ISBN
- 9781636240114
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Crosshairs on the Capital : Jubal Early's Raid on Washington, D. C. , July 1864 - Reasons, Reactions, and Results
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Publisher
- Case Mate Publishers & Book Distributors, LLC
- Genre
- History
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Topic
- United States / 19th Century, Military / United States, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), United States / General
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Case Mate Publishers & Book Distributors, LLC
ISBN-10
1636240119
ISBN-13
9781636240114
eBay Product ID (ePID)
14050386595
Product Key Features
Book Title
Crosshairs on the Capital : Jubal Early's Raid on Washington, D. C. , July 1864 - Reasons, Reactions, and Results
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2021
Topic
United States / 19th Century, Military / United States, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), United States / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2022-439248
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
In writing this work, Bruns went beyond purely military matters, to look at the opinions, apprehensions, frustrations and experiences of the local inhabitants about their security, how to cope with being in the midst of moving armies hostilities, and the general stresses of war...Highly recommended., Bruns examines noncombatant opinions, apprehensions, and frustrations regarding precise updates concerning their security, what to do in preparation of the hostilities, and what was taking place in July 1864., ...succeeds in revealing why the Raid happened, and sheds light on how this second attack by hostile forces on the nation's capital--the first by Britain in the War of 1812--came to pass. Add this volume to your library.
Dewey Decimal
973.737
Table Of Content
PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1 - The Confederates Turn the TablesChapter 2 - Into the ValleyChapter 3 - The Rebels are ComingChapter 4 - Defending WashingtonChapter 5 - Across the PotomacChapter 6 - 9 July - Monocacy JunctionChapter 7 - 9 and 10 July - Taking ShelterChapter 8 - The Way to WashingtonChapter 9 - The Rebels Take Their TollChapter 10 - Outside BaltimoreChapter 11 - 11 JulyChapter 12 - 12 and 13 JulyChapter 13 - 14 JulyChapter 14 - Back AgainChapter 15 - Point LookoutChapter 16 - Fort StevensChapter 17 - Early's ExitConclusionsNotesIndex
Synopsis
A new perspective on Jubal Early's raid on Washington, D.C. in 1864. In an era of battlefield one-upmanship, the raid on the Nation's Capital in July 1864 was prompted by an earlier failed Union attempt to destroy Richmond and free the Union prisoners held there. Jubal Early's mission was in part to let the North have a taste of its own medicine by attacking Washington and freeing the Confederate prisoners at Point Lookout in southern Maryland. He was also to fill the South's larder from unmolested Union fields, mills and barns. By 1864 such southern food raids had become annual wartime events. And he was to threaten and, if possible, capture Washington. This latter task was unrealistic in an age when the success of rifle fire was judged to be successful not by accuracy, but by the amount of lead that was shot into the air. Initially, the Union defenders of the city were larger former slaves, freemen, mechanic, shopkeepers and government clerks, as well as invalids. They might not have known much about riflery and accuracy, but they were capable of putting ample lead on the long until Regular Union regiments arrived. Jubal Early hesitated in attacking Washington, but he held the City at bay while his troops pillaged the countryside for the food Lee's Army needed to survive.This new account focuses on the reasons, reactions and results of Jubal Early's raid of 1864. History has judged it to have been a serious threat to the capital, but James H. Bruns examines how the nature of the Confederate raid on Washington in 1864 has been greatly misinterpreted--Jubal Early's maneuvers were in fact only the latest in a series of annual southern food raids. It also corrects some of the thinking about Early's raid, including the reason behind his orders from General Lee to cross the Potomac and the thoughts behind the proposed raid on Point Lookout and the role of the Confederate Navy in that failed effort. It presents a new prospective in explaining Jubal Early's raid on Washington by focusing on why things happened as they did in 1864. It identifies the cause-and-effect connections that are truly the stuff of history, forging some of the critical background links that oftentimes are ignored or overlooked in books dominated by battles and leaders.
LC Classification Number
E476.66
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