Confederates from Canada (eBook)

John Yates Beall and the Rebel Raids on the Great Lakes

Lindeman Ralph Lindeman (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
240 Seiten
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4766-5113-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Unable to achieve sustained military success in the Civil War, the Confederacy tried a daring strategy in 1864--commando-style raids into northern states from Canada. Taking advantage of the undefended border, rebels hit targets along the Great Lakes, where growing antiwar sentiment was an election-year problem for the Lincoln administration. Revisiting one of the forgotten chapters of the war, this is a deeply-researched history of the South's operations in Canada. One of the most significant raids is covered in detail for the first time: Virginia planter turned Confederate agent John Yates Beall's attempt to liberate 2,700 Confederate officers from a prison camp on Lake Erie.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.10.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• ISBN-10: 1-4766-5113-2 / 1476651132
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4766-5113-2 / 9781476651132