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The Confederate Surrender at Greensboro: Final Days of the Army of Tennessee, April 1865
Author(s): Robert M. Dunkerly (Author)
- Publisher: McFarland & Co
- Publication Date: 30 Jun. 2013
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 232 pages
- ISBN-10: 0786473622
- ISBN-13: 9780786473625
Book Description
Drawing upon more than 200 eyewitness accounts, this work chronicles the largest troop surrender of the Civil War, at Greensboro–one of the most confusing, frustrating and tension-filled events of the war. Long overshadowed by Appomattox, this event was equally important in ending the war, and is much more representative of how most Americans in 1865 experienced the conflict’s end.
The book includes a timeline, organizational charts, an order of battle, maps, and illustrations. It also uses many unpublished accounts and provides information on Confederate campsites that have been lost to development and neglect.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“a remarkable account…wonderful anecdotes and fascinating facts about the surrender. This is a fine book about one of the war’s most overlooked events”―Blue & Gray Magazine; “valuable…Dunkerly excels at using Confederate soldiers’ own words”―The Journal of Southern History; “this is a good read for anyone interested in the days of the Civil War, covering events largely left untreated in most accounts”―Strategy Page; “this is a good read for anyone interested in the days of the Civil War, covering events largely left untreated in most accounts.”―The NYMAS Review.
About the Author
Robert M. Dunkerly, a park ranger at Richmond National Battlefield Park, is an historian, author, and speaker involved in historic preservation and research.
