Bentonville

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The battle of Bentonville, the only major Civil War battle fought in North Carolina, was the Confederacy s last attempt to stop the devastating march of William Tecumseh Sherman s army north through the Carolinas Despite their numerical disadvantage, General Joseph E Johnston s Confederate forces successfully ambushed one wing of Sherman s army on March 19, 1865 but were soon repulsed For the Confederates, it was a heroic but futile effort to delay the inevitable within a month, both Richmond and Raleigh had fallen, and Lee had surrendered 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. Download Bentonville – kino-fada.fr Bentonville was a battle which should not have been fought This is the conclusion reached by Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes Jr., and it is difficult to argue against that conclusion Hughes narrates the events in such a way that the reader is not cheering for either side in the battle, at least I wasn t I was left with a feeling of sadness that anyone Union of Confederate had to die in such a massive battle only a month before the war ended The pitiful condition of the Confederate Army of Ten Bentonville was a battle which should not have been fought This is the conclusion reached by Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes Jr., and it is difficult to argue against that conclusion Hughes narrates the events in such a way that the reader is not cheering for either side in the battle, at least I wasn t I was left with a feeling of sadness that anyone Union of Confederate had to die in such a massive battle only a month before the war ended The pitiful condition of the Confederate Army of Tennessee is skillfully described throughout the book, and I particularly admire the courage of those soldiers who continued to fight for their country, even after their once proud army of 60,000 had been reduced to 4,500 troops Sherman is not much of a presence in the book, despite his portrait featured on the cover Certainly he performed his duty as an army group commander, but it was a battle that he did not expect and did not want She...This is a very enjoyable book to read and offers a detailed and well researched account of the final battle between Sherman and Johnston at Bentonville fought on March 19 21, 1865 This was the last full scale battle between the two opposing armies The book has 9 maps which are well present...Joseph Johnston is not generally thought of as an aggressive general in battle This book does a nice job of showing that he could be aggressive, as he initiated a risky, long shot battle at Bentonville, North Carolina as the Civil War was nearing its close.This is a well written description of that battle, showing how the battle itself was designed by Johnston, how it was actually fought, who the better and poorer commanders were.For those interested in a detailed depiction of the battle, this Joseph Johnston is not generally thought of as an aggressive general in battle This book does a nice job of showing ...Excellent book about one of the last battles of the Civil War, with plenty of maps and first person narratives to understand what the battle was like for the soldiers fighting it The only downside to the book is the format used by the author a couple ch...Features good analysis on a forgotten battle, but the fighting is described in a clumsy manner.

Bentonville
  • English
  • 10 January 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 336 pages
  • 0807822817
  • Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes Jr.
  • Bentonville