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Destined to Fail

Eric J Wittenberg

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  • 168 sidor
  • 2025
The Johnson-Gilmor Raid represents one of three attempts to free prisoners of war during the American Civil War. Like the other two, it was destined to fail for a variety of reasons, mostly because the timetable for the operation was a schedule impossible to meet. The mounted raid was a fascinating act of increasing desperation by the Confederate high command in the summer of 1864, and award-winning cavalry historian Eric J. Wittenberg presents the gripping story in detail for the first time in Destined to Fail: The Johnson-Gilmor Cavalry Raid around Baltimore, July 10-13, 1864. The thundering high-stakes operation was intended to ease the suffering of 15,000 Confederate prisoners held at Point Lookout, Maryland, a peninsula at the confluence of the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay. The story includes a motley cast of characters on both sides and fast-paced drama in a deeply researched study that draws upon published and unpublished primary sources, including contemporary newspapers. Part of Wittenbergs cogent analysis compares and contrasts this raid to a pair of other unsuccessful attempts to free Union prisoners of war the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid of February-March 1864, and the Stoneman Raid on Macon, Georgia of July 1864 as well as Gen. George S. Pattons attempt to free his son-in-law and other American prisoners in March of 1945. This book will be welcomed by anyone with an interest in the Civil War, high-stakes cavalry operations, or the politics of Civil War high command.
  • Författare: Eric J Wittenberg
  • Illustratör: 4 maps 30 images
  • Format: Inbunden
  • ISBN: 9781611216196
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 168
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2025-03-15
  • Förlag: Savas Beatie