Bentonville by Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes Jr

Bentonville by Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes Jr

This work talks about the Confederate army's last throes. Nathaniel Hughes offers a full-length tactical study of the battle of Bentonville, the only major Civil War battle fought in North Carolina and the Confederacy's last attempt to stop the devastating march of Sherman's army north through the Carolinas. In careful detail, Hughes lays out Confederate and Union troop movements and places the engagement within the larger military framework of the last months of the war. Analyzing the reasons for the initial success and eventual failure of General Joseph E. Johnston's offensive, Hughes maintains that Sherman showed great restraint by remaining committed to the larger goal of reaching Goldsboro rather than stopping to pursue or destroy the defeated Confederates.

"The definitive work on the battle of Bentonville" - Journal of Southern History "Hughes's narrative,...reviewing the leadership of Johnston and Sherman and the conduct of their subordinates, is a model of its kind." - Journal of American History"

NATHANIEL CHEAIRS HUGHES JR. is author, coauthor, or editor of many books, including The Battle of Belmont: Grant Strikes South and The Life and Wars of Gideon J. Pillow (both from the University of North Carolina Press). He lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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ISBN 13	9780807822814
ISBN 10	0807822817
Title	Bentonville
Author	Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes Jr
Series	Civil War America
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	The University of North Carolina Press
Year published	1996-09-30
Number of pages	360
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