Ebook: Burke Davis on the Civil War: the long surrender, Sherman's march, to Appomattox, and they called him Stonewall
Author: Davis Burke
- Tags: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Historical, HISTORY--United States--State & Local--General, History, Biography, United States -- History -- Civil War 1861-1865, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical, HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General, United States
- Year: 2017
- Publisher: Open Road Media
- City: New York;United States
- Language: English
- epub
Four captivating and richly detailed Civil War histories from a New York Times–bestselling author.
Award-winning author Burke Davis writes with "an eye for narrative detail that turns history into storytelling" in these four classic Civil War narratives (The New York Times Book Review).
The Long Surrender: Though Jefferson Davis had planned to escape to Cuba after General Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House, a $100,000 bounty was placed on his head. This "marvelous" and "wonderfully written" account chronicles the Confederate president's flight, capture, and imprisonment—while offering a panoramic history of the last days of the Confederacy (Denver Post).
Sherman's March: Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman's infamous "March to the Sea" was a crucial turning point in the Civil War. Weaving together hundreds of eyewitness accounts, this riveting history is "bound to startle and inform even...