The Fight for the Old North State: The Civil War in North Carolina, January-May 1864

by Hampton Newsome

Book Overview

Winner: Richard Barksdale Harwell Award

On a cold day in early January 1864, Robert E. Lee wrote to Confederate president Jefferson Davis "The time is at hand when, if an attempt can be made to capture the enemy's forces at New Berne, it should be done." Over the next few months, Lee's dispatch would precipitate a momentous series of events as the Confederates, threatened by a supply crisis and an emerging peace movement, sought...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700630376
• ISBN13: 9780700630370
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"