Fields of Blood
The Prairie Grove Campaign
Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, Civil War Period (1850-1877), Military
| Author: | William L. Shea | ISBN: | 9780807898680 |
| Publisher: | The University of North Carolina Press | Publication: | November 15, 2009 |
| Imprint: | The University of North Carolina Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | William L. Shea |
| ISBN: | 9780807898680 |
| Publisher: | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Publication: | November 15, 2009 |
| Imprint: | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Language: | English |
William L. Shea offers a gripping narrative of the events surrounding fighting at Prairie Grove, Arkansas, one of the great unsung battles of the Civil War, which effectively ended Confederate offensive operations west of the Mississippi River. Fields of Blood provides a colorful account of a grueling campaign that lasted five months and covered hundreds of miles of rugged Ozark terrain. In a fascinating analysis of the personal, geographical, and strategic elements that led to the fateful clash in northwest Arkansas, Shea describes a campaign notable for rapid marching, bold movements, hard fighting, and the most remarkable raid of the Civil War.
William L. Shea offers a gripping narrative of the events surrounding fighting at Prairie Grove, Arkansas, one of the great unsung battles of the Civil War, which effectively ended Confederate offensive operations west of the Mississippi River. Fields of Blood provides a colorful account of a grueling campaign that lasted five months and covered hundreds of miles of rugged Ozark terrain. In a fascinating analysis of the personal, geographical, and strategic elements that led to the fateful clash in northwest Arkansas, Shea describes a campaign notable for rapid marching, bold movements, hard fighting, and the most remarkable raid of the Civil War.
