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The Battle of White Sulphur Springs
Eric J. Wittenberg
其他書名
Averell Fails to Secure West Virginia
出版Arcadia Publishing, 2011-11-09
主題History / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
ISBN16142332689781614233268
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Zuh-CQAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Though West Virginia was founded for the purpose of remaining loyal to the Union, severing ties with Virginia, home of the capital of the Confederacy, would prove difficult. West Virginia's fate would be tested on its battlegrounds. In August 1863, Union general William Woods Averell led a six-hundred-mile raid culminating in the Battle of White Sulphur Springs in Green Brier County. Colonel George S. Patton, grandfather of the legendary World War II general, met Averell with a dedicated Confederate force. After a fierce two-day battle, Patton defeated Averell, forcing him to retreat and leave West Virginia, and ultimately the Union, in the balance. Civil War historian Eric J. Wittenberg presents a fascinating in-depth analysis of the proceedings in the first book-length study of this important battle.