Yankee Commandos : How William P. Sanders Led a Cavalry Squadron Deep into Confederate Territory /

"In June of 1863, Col. William P. Sanders led a cavalry raid of 1,300 men from the Union Army of the Ohio through Confederate-held East Tennessee. The raid's purpose was to sever the Confederate rail supply line from Virginia to the Western Theater, and Sanders and his raiders were largely...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Brandes, Stuart D. (Stuart Dean), 1940- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2023]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Sanders, William Price, > 1833-1863.
Unionists (United States Civil War)
Military operations, Cavalry.
Unionists (United States Civil War) > Tennessee, East > History.
United States.
East Tennessee.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Cavalry operations.
Tennessee, East > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"In June of 1863, Col. William P. Sanders led a cavalry raid of 1,300 men from the Union Army of the Ohio through Confederate-held East Tennessee. The raid's purpose was to sever the Confederate rail supply line from Virginia to the Western Theater, and Sanders and his raiders were largely successful. Brandes presents readers with the most complete account of the Sanders raid to date using Sanders's official reports, East Tennessee diaries and memoirs of the Civil War, and pertinent secondary sources. In doing so, Brandes fills an important gap in Civil War scholarship and showcases Unionism in a mostly Confederate-sympathizing state"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource: illustrations (black and white), maps ;
ISBN:9781621907473

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