Charleston Under Siege: The Impregnable City

by Douglas Bostick and Douglas W. Bostick

Book Overview

Join historian Doug Bostick as he tells the story of the siege of Charleston, the longest siege of the Civil War.

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596297573
• ISBN13: 9781596297579
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"