Confederate Goliath: The Battle of Fort Fisher - Softcover

Gragg, Rod

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807119172 ISBN 13: 9780807119174

Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr, 1994

Synopsis

Describes the winter 1864-1865 assault of Union forces on the Confederate stronghold of Fort Fisher, which guarded the port of Wilmington, North Carolina, detailing the men involved on both sides, the campaign, and the final Union victory

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Rod Gragg's Confederate Goliath is the first comprehensive account of the battle for Fort Fisher. Drawing from his thoroughgoing research in official records as well as numerous first-person accounts in diaries, memoirs, and letters, Gragg has constructed a powerful, fast-paced narrative that describes in detail the individuals and events associated with that dramatic passage in America's Civil War.

About the Author:

Rod Gragg is the author or editor of fourteen books on American history, including The Declaration of Independence: Forging of a Nation; Lewis and Clark: On the Trail of Discovery; From Fields of Fire and Glory: Letters Home from the Civil War; Covered with Glory: The 26th North Carolina Infantry at Gettysburg, winner of the James I. Robertson Jr. Award; and The Illustrated Confederate Reader, winner of the Douglas Southall Freeman Award. A former journalist, he is an adjunct professor of history at Coastal Carolina University and lives with his family in Conway, South Carolina.

About this edition

• Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0807119172
• ISBN 13: 9780807119174
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 343