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Confederate Goliath : the battle of Fort Fisher / Rod Gragg.

Gragg, Rod, (author.).

Summary:

Confederate Goliath is the remarkable story of the men and women caught in one of the most dramatic events of the American Civl War -- the Battle of Fort Fisher. Protector of Wilmington, North Carolina, the South's last surviving seaport, Fort Fisher was the largest coastal fortification in the Confederacy. Defended by a small but courageous force, in late 1864 and early 1865 the fort became the target of the greatest naval bombardment of the war -- followed by a furious and bloody joint assault by thousands of Federal soldiers and sailors. - Jacket flap.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0060160969
  • ISBN: 9780060160968
  • Physical Description: xvii, 343 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-330) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Black smoke and moon nights -- They will never get us alive -- Something must be done to close Wilmington -- There's a fizzle -- A storm of shot and shell -- The enemy has landed -- The fort will soon be ours -- I will hold this place -- Like sheep in a pen -- The air seems darkened with death -- Our men begin to waver -- Wilmington is closed -- Epilogue -- Appendix : The opposing forces at Fort Fisher.
Subject:
Fort Fisher (N.C. : Fort) > Siege, 1864-1865.
Fort Fisher (N.C. : Fort) > Capture, 1865.

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Jacksonville Main Library REF NC 973.7 G (Text) 36015000009825 Genealogy Available -