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19-01-2014
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Daniel T. Davis ; Phillip S. Greenwalt
Bloody Autumn
The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864
Reeks: Emerging Civil War Series
Daniel T. Davis ; Phillip S. Greenwalt
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An
“essential
addition
to
serious
students’
libraries”
detailing
the
historic
military
offensive
that
helped
sway
the
outcome
of
the
American
Civil
War
(Civil
War
News).In
the
late
summer
of
1864,
Union
General-in-Chief
Ulysses
S.
Grant
set
one
absolutely
unconditional
goal:
to
sweep
Virginia’s
Shenandoah
Valley
“clean
and
clear.”
His
man
for
the
job:
Maj.
Gen.
“Little
Phil”
Sheridan—a
temperamental
Irishman
who’d
proven
himself
just
the
kind
of
scrapper
Grant
loved.The
valley
had
already
played
a
major
part
in
the
war
for
the
Confederacy
as
both
the
location
of
major
early
victories
against
Union
attacks,
and
as
the
route
used
by
the
Army
of
Northern
Virginia
for
its
invasion
of
the
North,
culminating
in
the
battle
of
Gettysburg.But
when
Sheridan
returned
to
the
Valley
in
1864,
the
stakes
heightened
dramatically.
For
the
North,
the
fragile
momentum
its
war
effort
had
gained
by
the
capture
of
Atlanta
would
quickly
evaporate.
For
Abraham
Lincoln,
defeat
in
the
Valley
could
mean
defeat
in
the
upcoming
election.
And
for
the
South,
its
very
sovereignty
lay
on
the
line.Here,
historians
Davis
and
Greenwalt
“weave
an
excellent
summary
of
the
campaign
that
will
serve
to
introduce
those
new
to
the
Civil
War
to
the
events
of
that
‘Bloody
Autumn’
and
will
serve
as
a
ready
refresher
for
veteran
stompers
who
are
heading
out
to
visit
those
storied
fields
of
conflict”
(Scott
C.
Patchan,
author
of
The
Last
Battle
of Winchester).
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