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The Guns of Cedar Creek
by Lewis, Thomas A
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good in good dust jacket. DJ has slight wear and soiling.
- ISBN 10
- 0060159413
- ISBN 13
- 9780060159412
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Row, 1990. First edition. First Edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good in good dust jacket. DJ has slight wear and soiling.. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. xi, [1], 371 p. Map. Notes. Bibliography. Index. "The Battle of Cedar Creek not only decided final control of the Shenandoah Valley, the "breadbasket" of Lee's Army of Norther Virginia, in the waning months of the Civil War, but it was also in microcosm a vivid example of the nearly four years of fighting that preceded it. " From Wikipedia: "The Battle of Cedar Creek, or Battle of Belle Grove, fought October 19, 1864, was the culminating battle of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 during the American Civil War. Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal Early launched a surprise attack against the encamped army of Union Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan, across Cedar Creek, northeast of Strasburg, Virginia. During the morning fighting, seven Union infantry divisions were forced to fall back and lost numerous prisoners and cannons. Early failed to continue his attack north of Middletown, and Sheridan, dramatically riding to the battlefield from Winchester, was able to rally his troops to hold a new defensive line. A Union counterattack that afternoon routed Early's army. At the conclusion of this battle, the final Confederate invasion of the North was effectively ended. The Confederacy was never again able to threaten Washington, D.C., through the Shenandoah Valley, nor protect one of its key economic bases in Virginia. The stunning Union victory aided the reelection of Abraham Lincoln and won Sheridan lasting fame." The author was a noted journalist, television reporter, editor, and emergent historian.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 68411
- Title
- The Guns of Cedar Creek
- Author
- Lewis, Thomas A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in good dust jacket. DJ has slight wear and soiling.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. First Edition [stated]. First printing [stated]
- ISBN 10
- 0060159413
- ISBN 13
- 9780060159412
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- Shenandoah Valley, John Gordon, George Armstrong Custer, George Crook, Jubal Early, Ramseur, Joseph Kershaw, Wesley Merritt, Thomas Rosser, Hazard Stevens, Sheridan, Gabriel Wharton
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