Name: gate of hell (en Inglés)
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Author: Wise, Stephen R.
ISBN: 9781611170115

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Stephen R. Wise

Editorial

University of South Carolina Press

Año

2011

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

324

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm

Peso

0.48 kg.

ISBN13

9781611170115

Categorías

Ee. uu. región del sur
Época de la exploración y la expansión en estados unidos | c. 1800-c. 1861
Guerra civil estadounidense y reconstrucción - (1861-1877)
Historia de américa
Historia militar
Historia local

gate of hell (en Inglés)

Stephen R. Wise (Autor) · University of South Carolina Press · Tapa Blanda

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A graphic recreation of the battle made famous by the movie GloryKnown for sharply affecting the Civil War's outcome, the Charleston campaign of 1863 included the Battle for Battery Wagner, which featured the Union African American regiment portrayed in the film Glory as well as Red Cross founder Clara Barton. Stephen R. Wise vividly re-creates the campaign in Gate of Hell, and his retelling of the battle pits not only black against white and North against South but also army against navy. Wise contends that the significance of the campaign extends beyond its outcome, arguing that an understanding of the strategy used at Charleston is vital to understanding the very nature of the Civil War.Lasting almost two months and resulting in thousands of casualties, the campaign began as a joint army-navy operation. Wise continues to follow the campaign through the capture of Battery Wagner and near-demolition of Fort Sumter to its final days, when the Confederates prevented Union forces from entering the port city. Wise describes the campaign as a major testing ground for African American troops and attributes Lincoln's expansion of African American recruitment to the admirable performance of the 54th Massachusetts. Wise ultimately concludes that the skill, and in some cases foolish theatrics, of the campaign's leaders determined the course of the campaign.