Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee's Army After Appomattox
- ISBN-10
- 1469663392
- ISBN-13
- 9781469663395
- Category
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021
- Author
- Caroline E. Janney
Description
"In this masterful work, Caroline E. Janney begins with a deceptively simple question: how did the Army of Northern Virginia disband? Janney slows down the pace of the events after Appomattox to reveal it less as a decisive end and more as the commencement of a chaotic interregnum marked by profound military and political uncertainty, legal and logistical confusion, and continued outbursts of violence. Janney blends analysis of large-scale political, legal, and military considerations with intimate narratives of individual soldiers considering their options and pursuing a wide range of decisions"--
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- 2023-02
- - pages
- Paperback
- University of North Carolina Press
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- 2019-05-06
- 376 pages
- Ebook
- Wallstein Verlag
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