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Towards an Indefinite Shore
Don Lowry
其他書名
The Final Months of the Civil War, December 1864-May 1865
出版Hippocrene Books, 1995
主題Biography & Autobiography / MilitaryBiography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads of StateFiction / GeneralHistory / Military / GeneralHistory / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)Technology & Engineering / Military Science
ISBN07818042219780781804226
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=hcB2AAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋In his fourth volume devoted to the coordinated campaign waged by Ulysses S. Grant to defeat the Confederacy, author Don Lowry brings his narrative to its fateful conclusion in a chronological approach to events that is truly unique. As the war's final tragic months unfold, the author combines detailed accounts of the fall of Petersburg, the occupation of Richmond, and the surrender at Appomattox with many lesser-known or unjustly-ignored incidents. Through the main military narrative is woven the continuing story of futile diplomatic efforts to end the war and the movements of John Wilkes Booth and the other Lincoln conspirators toward the fatal rendezvous at Ford's Theater. Full attention is given to the last weeks of the Civil War after Appomattox, with extensive coverage of the surrender of Johnston's army and of Confederate forces in Texas, the trial of the Lincoln conspirators, the early days of Andrew Johnson's presidency, and the tense manhunt for the now-fugitive Jefferson Davis and other Confederate leaders.