Spring 1865: The Closing Campaigns of the Civil War

by Perry D. Jamieson

Book Overview

When Gen. Robert E. Lee fled from Petersburg and Richmond, Virginia, in April 1865, many observers did not realize that the Civil War had reached its nadir. A large number of Confederates, from Jefferson Davis down to the rank-and-file, were determined to continue fighting. Though Union successes had nearly extinguished the Confederacy's hope for an outright victory, the South still believed it could force the Union to grant a negotiated peace...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803225814
• ISBN13: 9780803225817
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.4"