Book Description
33 maps 82 photos and illustrations 6 x 9
"This book is carefully and minutely researched with a vast new array of previously
unused battle reports,
pictures, correspondence, diaries and journals. The writing will carry you along like a
fast current. . . . Dr.
Fonvielle's definitive study is military history at its finest. . . . it is a fascinating
read."-The Atlanta Weekly
A compelling account of the complicated series of Federal army-navy combined operations
designed to capture
Wilmington, a vital logistical center to the Confederacy. Includes a deep analysis of the
dying city's final days,
accounts of long-ignored fighting along the Fort Anderson line and other overlooked
episodes.Hundreds of books, papers and thesis have been written by military
men in the post-Desert Storm era about
Joint Operations, their necessity and the importance of training Jointly to avoid the
errors of history. A majority
of these, however, focus on 20th century conflicts. Dr. Fonvielle brings to light one of
the first combined
Army/Navy/Marine Corps operations and details its successes and failures. This campaign,
conducted
concurrently with Grant's siege of Petersberg and Sherman's capture of Savannah receives
very little attention in
most Civil War writings, but accomplished a vital objective in closing the last open
supply port and lifeline to
Lee's starving troops. Dr Fonvielle's meticulous research presents the reader with a
day-by-day, hour-by-hour
account of this vital campaign. The book is written in an extremely readable style that
crescendos through each
successive battle. The human treatment of William Lamb, Alfred Terry, David Porter and N.M
Curtis evoke the
spirit of Michael Shaara. A must-read for any resident of the Cape Fear region and those
military afficianados
desiring to learn more about a true Joint Operation.
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