The Last Battle of the Civil War : : Palmetto Ranch / / Jeffrey Wm Hunt.
More than two months after Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia on April 9, 1865, the New York Times reported a most surprising piece of news. On May 12-13, the last battle of the Civil War had been fought at the southernmost tip of Texas—resulting in a Confederate victory. Althou...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2002 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Clifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas Heritage Series
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- PROLOGUE
- ONE. QUESTIONS OF WAR ON A DISTANT RIVER
- TWO. BORDER COTTON
- THREE. EFFORTS TO END A WAR
- FOUR. “NOTHING LEFT TO US BUT TO FIGHT”
- FIVE. AN UNEXPECTED ADVANCE
- SIX. THE FIRST DAY’S FIGHT
- SEVEN. FIGHTING TO NO PURPOSE
- EIGHT. TRIUMPH AND DISASTER
- NINE. A HARRIED RETREAT
- TEN. THE LAST SHOT
- ELEVEN. PRISONERS, FLAGS, PAROLES, AND PEACE
- TWELVE. THE BLAME FOR FAILURE
- THIRTEEN. COURT-MARTIAL
- FOURTEEN. EPILOGUE
- APPENDIX 1. ORDER OF BATTLE
- APPENDIX 2. BARRETT’S FIRST REPORT
- APPENDIX 3. BARRETT’S SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX