Download e-book for iPad: The Battle of Monroe's Crossroads: The Civil War's Last by Eric J. Wittenberg,Mark Bradley

By Eric J. Wittenberg,Mark Bradley

The conflict of Monroe's Crossroads, fought March 10, 1865, used to be one in every of most crucial yet least identified engagements of William T. Sherman's Carolinas crusade. accomplice cavalry, led by means of Lt. Gen. Wade Hampton and Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, introduced a savage shock assault at the drowsing camp of Maj. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick, Sherman's cavalry leader. After 3 hours of a few of the hardest cavalry struggling with of the complete Civil conflict, Hampton broke off and withdrew. His assault, notwithstanding, had stopped Kilpatrick's develop and purchased one other necessary day for Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee to evacuate his command from Fayetteville. This, in flip, approved Hardee to hitch the command of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston and set the level for the climactic conflict of Bentonville 9 days later.

Noted Civil warfare writer Eric Wittenberg has written the 1st precise tactical narrative of this significant yet long-forgotten conflict, and areas it in its right context in the whole crusade. His research gains 28 unique maps and 50 illustrations. eventually, an writer of renown has dropped at vibrant existence this neglected section of the Carolinas Campaign.

Ohio legal professional Eric J. Wittenberg is a famous Civil struggle cavalry historian and the writer of a few dozen books and dozens articles at the Civil battle. His first ebook, "Gettysburg's Forgotten Cavalry Actions," received the 1998 Bachelder-Coddington Literary Award.

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