Battle on the Bay: The Civil War Struggle for Galveston
by Cotham Jr., Edward T
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- ISBN 10
- 0292712057
- ISBN 13
- 9780292712058
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About This Item
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. Fine. 1998. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. 241 pages. The Civil War history of Galveston is one of the last untold stories from America's bloodiest war, despite the fact that Galveston was a focal point of hostilities throughout the conflict. As other Southern ports fell to the Union, Galveston emerged as one of the Confederacy's only lifelines to the outside world. When the war ended in 1865, Galveston was the only major port still in Confederate hands. In this beautifully written narrative history, Ed Cotham draws upon years of archival and on-site research, as well as rare historical photographs, drawings, and maps, to chronicle the Civil War years in Galveston. His story encompasses all the military engagements that took place in the city and on Galveston Bay, including the dramatic Battle of Galveston, in which Confederate forces retook the city on New Year's Day, 1863. Cotham sets the events in Galveston within the overall conduct of the war, revealing how the city's loss was a great strategic impediment to the North. Through his pages pass major figures of the era, as well as ordinary soldiers, sailors, and citizens of Galveston, whose courage in the face of privation and danger adds an inspiring dimension to the story. .
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Battle on the Bay: The Civil War Struggle for Galveston
- Author
- Cotham Jr., Edward T
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0292712057
- ISBN 13
- 9780292712058
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Place of Publication
- Austin, TX
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- HISTORY, UNITED STATES, CIVIL WAR PERIOD (1850-1877)
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