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Little Short of Boats : The Fights at Ball's Bluff and Edward's Ferry, October 21-22, 1861 (Discovering Civil War America #2) by James A. Morgan 3rd (2004, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherIronclad Publishing, LLC
ISBN-100967377048
ISBN-139780967377049
eBay Product ID (ePID)30876844
Product Key Features
Book TitleLittle Short of Boats : The Fights at Ball's Bluff and Edward's Ferry, October 21-22, 1861 (Discovering Civil War America #2)
Number of PagesXix, 308 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2004
TopicSpecial Interest / Military, United States / South / South Atlantic (DC, De, Fl, Ga, Md, Nc, SC, VA, WV), Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, Military / United States, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
IllustratorYes
GenreTravel, History
AuthorJames A. Morgan 3rd
Book SeriesThe Discovering Civil War America Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2004-020289
Dewey Edition22
TitleLeadingA
Series Volume NumberVol. 2
Dewey Decimal973.7/31
SynopsisTo the victorious Confederates, it was the Battle of Leesburg. The badly beaten Federals named it for the imposing fortress-like rocky precipice on the northern side of the Potomac near Washington DC - Ball's Bluff. Fought three months to the day after First Manassas (Bull Run) and another in a long line of Federal defeats during the first year of the war - the battle was, as author James Morgan puts it, "a reconnaissance mission gone bad." Federal commander Gen. Charles P. Stone had planned a raid on a suspected Rebel camp, precipitating a skirmish between elements of his troops and those of Confederate Gen. Nathan "Shanks" Evans. As a series of skirmishes developed into a full-scale brawl involving some 1700 soldiers on each side, careless and costly decisions by one of Stone's commanders, Col. Edward D. Baker, led to Baker's death and a catastrophic finish, as hundreds of Union soldiers fell or threw themselves off the cliff. In the ensuing political uproar in the North, Stone became the convenient Federal scapegoat and his career was destroyed. A charter member of the volunteer Ball's Bluff guide group, Morgan, a former Marine, began to realize that the conventional battle narrative he and others were telling to visitors "just did not feel right." Further reading and more intensive study of the battlefield led him to delve deeply into primary materials to correct misconceptions and find the factual interpretation of events of this little and relatively unstudied battlefield. With the requisite keen understanding of the battlefield's terrain, Morgan has woven together a site-driven narrative in graceful style that is appropriately highlighted with participant's quotes. Featuring previously unused primary manuscript sources and a variety of first-hand accounts, this second volume in Ironclad's landmark Discovering Civil War America Series is highlighted by fine maps and numerous contemporary illustrations. A signature element of the series is the driving/walking tour of the sites, including the Ball's Bluff National Cemetery. This book is a must for all Civil War buffs, especially those interested in early clashes of the war and lesser-known battlefields.
LC Classification NumberE472.63.M83 2004
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