Touring the Carolinas' Civil War Sites

by Clint Johnson

Book Overview

History buffs and tourists have been following the signs to famous Civil War sites in the Carolinas for years, among them Fort Fisher in Wilmington, North Carolina, and Fort Sumter off the coast of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0895871467
• ISBN13: 9780895871466
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: John F. Blair, Publisher
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.6" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Guide for an Overlooked Area During the War

I really enjoyed reading Johnson's book about the important yet often overlooked events in the Carolinas during the Civil War, specifically the following:1. Fort Fisher - the largest sea fort in the war that protected the vital town of Wilmington NC and the blockade runners so important for supplying Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.2. Charleston - where the whole shootin' match started.3. Bentonville - the last large scale battle of the war.4. Outer Banks - early Union victories here were vital to capturing many parts of Eastern North Carolina from which the Union could launch several offensives.5. Sherman's March - the destruction of certain towns in both Carolinas (particularly South Carolina) further weakened the South's will to continue the struggle.I also enjoyed reading about the locations of various gravesites of Confederate generals and their Civil War service.Indeed, if not for this book, this native North Carolinian and long-time Civil War buff may never have learned of and visited the sites of some of the lesser-known sites other than those mentioned above.Johnson's writing style is smooth without being overly simplistic and contains several anecdotes (some humorous ones too)of the interesting events which took place during the Civil War years.Highly recommended!

An ideal and essential travel guide

Touring The Carolinas' Civil War Sites is an ideal and essential travel guide for Civil War buffs wishing to visit the numerous North Carolina and South Carolina Civil War memorial sites and battlefields. A life-long Civil War buff, Clint Johnson draws upon his considerable expertise to presents the meticulous results of exhaustive research in an articulate, "reader friendly" text that is augmented throughout with area photography. Touring The Carolinas' Civil War Sites is a highly recommended addition to personal and regional Civil War studies and reference book collections.

Invaluable

Simply put the book is well organized, well written and I have just about worn out my copy on my trips through the carolinas.

The guide to have when touring Carolinas' Civil War sites

This book is invaluable to the Civil War enthusiast when touring the battlefields and sites of the Carolina's. The tours are filled with surprises that are off the beaten path and the directions are life savers. Without this book I'd have missed some priceless sidetrips. I'd highly recommend this book to anyone taking a Civil War tour of the Carolinas and look forward to more such books from Clint Johnson in the future.