Download or read book Confederate Goliath written by Rod Gragg and published by . This book was released on 1994-05 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the winter 1864-1865 assault of Union forces on the Confederate stronghold of Fort Fisher, which guarded the port of Wilmington, North Carolina, detailing the men involved on both sides, the campaign, and the final Union victory
Download or read book Assault and Capture of Fort Fisher written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Confederate Goliath written by Rod Gragg and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2006-04-15 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: P>The only comprehensive account of the Battle of Fort Fisher and the basis for the television documentary Confederate Goliath, Rod Gragg's award-winning book chronicles in detail one of the most dramatic events of the American Civil War. Known as "the Gibraltar of the South," Fort Fisher was the largest, most formidable coastal fortification in the Confederacy, by late 1864 protecting its lone remaining seaport -- Wilmington, North Carolina. Gragg's powerful, fast-paced narrative recounts the military actions, politicking, and personality clashes involved in this unprecedented land and sea battle. It vividly describes the greatest naval bombardment of the war and shows how the fort's capture in January 1865 hastened the South's surrender three months later. In his foreword, historian Edward G. Longacre surveys Gragg's work in the context of Civil War history and literature, citing Confederate Goliath as "the finest book-length account of a significant but largely forgotten episode in our nation's most critical conflict."
Download or read book Shock and Assault in the First Battle of Fort Fisher written by Charles L. Price and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Capture of Fort Fisher North Carolina Jan 15 1865 written by Adelbert Ames and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Capture of Fort Fisher North Carolina written by Adelbert Ames and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-11 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Capture of Fort Fisher, North Carolina: Jan; 15, 1865 With this as a preface I will add to the extracts of the reports of some of my subordinate Officers already given, the report of General Terry, who was my only superior officer. He says: Of General Ames I have already spoken in a letter recommending his promotion. He commanded all the troops engaged and was constantly under fire. His great coolness, good judgment and skill were never more conspicuous than in this assault. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Hurricane of Fire written by Charles M. Robinson and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on exhaustive primary-source research, this is the first full history - from a naval perspective - of the fort on North Carolina's Cape Fear River and its little-known significance as both the Achilles' heel of the Union blockade and the lifeline of the Confederacy. It challenges many hidebound perceptions. Robinson vigorously disputes traditional explanations for the Union's inaction and the sacking of Adm. Samuel Lee with often embarrassing new findings. In a minute-by-minute description of the heaviest naval bombardment and greatest amphibious assault the world had ever seen, he also offers new evidence that vindicates the ill-equipped and poorly trained sailors and marines who for more than 130 years have been unjustly blamed for the failure of their assault across a mile of open beach.
Download or read book Fort Fisher December 1864 January 1865 written by David W. Kummer and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Colonel Lamb s Story of Fort Fisher written by William Lamb and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Capture of Fort Fisher by Major General Alfred H Terry written by Major General Alfred H. Terry and published by BIG BYTE BOOKS. This book was released on with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Major General Alfred H. Terry is primarily known (by very few people) as the commander of the 1876 Yellowstone Expedition against the Sioux Indians that resulted in the disastrous defeat at the Little Bighorn, costing George Armstrong Custer and over 200 of his men their lives. But Terry was a stalwart field commander in the American Civil War and would go on to be the only non-West-Point general of the Indian Wars. In this short but very interesting account, Terry's command of an important event of the Civil War is related. Terry's own official report is included, as well as Arthur Osborne's analysis of why the battle was important. The fall of Fort Fisher is an event portrayed in Steven Spielberg's great film, "Lincoln." As Lincoln and Stanton wait in the War Department telegraph office for news of the assault on Fisher, Lincoln tells a humorous story of Ethan Allen in London. For less than you'd spend on gas going to the library, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.
Download or read book The Wilmington Campaign And The Battles For Fort Fisher written by Mark A. Moore and published by Da Capo Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 1999-07-21 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full campaign and battle history of the largest combined operation in U.S. military history prior to World War II. By late 1864, Wilmington was the last major Confederate blockade-running seaport open to the outside world. The final battle for the port city's protector--Fort Fisher--culminated in the largest naval bombardment of the American Civil War, and one of the worst hand-to-hand engagements in four years of bloody fighting. Copious illustrations, including 54 original maps drawn by the author. Fresh new analysis on the fall of Fort Fisher, with a fascinating comparison to Russian defenses at Sebastopol during the Crimean War.
Download or read book U S Marines in Battle Fort Fisher December 1864 January 1865 written by David W. Kummer and published by U.S. Marines in Battle. This book was released on 2012-08-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the Union naval amphibious assaults on the Confederate Fort Fisher in Wilmington, North Carolina during the Civil War in December 1864 and January 1865. In no arena of conflict did the Union hold greater advantage than in its ability to assert naval force and conduct amphibious operations, and no operation in the entire Civil War better illustrates the Union's ability to leverage amphibious power projection than the assault on Fort Fisher at the mouth of the Cape Fear River. The actions taken to capture Fort Fisher and thereby close down the last effective Confederate port-Wilmington, North Carolina-represent a particularly rich opportunity to study the amphibious elements of that war. The fighting for Fort Fisher actually involved two separate but related battles. The first attack, in December 1864, failed utterly, and it provides many good examples of bad planning and execution. The second effort, during January 1865, succeeded magnificently; it stands as a sterling example upon which to build an amphibious tradition
Download or read book Fort Fisher Or The Thunder of Siege Guns A Story of the Great Bombardment written by Thomas Chalmers Harbaugh and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-01-23 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Wilmington Campaign written by Chris Eugene Fonvielle and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing coverage of both battles for Fort Fisher, this book includes a detailed examination of the attack and defence of Fort Anderson. It also features accounts of the defence of the Sugar Loaf Line and of the operations of Federal warships on the Cape Fear River.
Download or read book The Battle of Fort Fisher written by Geoffrey S. Lawrence and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Battle of Fort Fisher written by Geoffrey S. Lawrence and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper will analyze one of the most exciting but least known chapters of the Civil War. Fort Fisher was the Confederate's largest coastal fortification and protector at the mouth of the Cape Fear waterway leading to Wilmington, North Carolina. The Union's mission was to secure Fort Fisher from its Confederate defenders to allow for the follow-on attack on Wilmington, the last remaining Confederate seaport. The Battle for Fort Fisher, a bloody battle fought during the period December 1864 through January 1865, was notably a joint operation conducted with Union Naval, Marine and Army forces. The loss of Fort Fisher cut off the final resupply line to the Army of Northern Virginia and sealed the final fate for the Confederacy.
Download or read book The Capture of Fort Fisher written by Z L Tanner and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the capture of Fort Fisher, a key Confederate stronghold near Wilmington, North Carolina, during the American Civil War. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
