Resolute Rebel : General Roswell S. Ripley, Charleston's Gallant Defender /

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The first biography of Gen. Ripley's complex, often contradictory military service in the U.S. and Confederate armies and his postwar British exploits.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bennett, Chet (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Ripley, R. S. > (Roswell Sabine), > 1823-1887.
United States. > Army.
Confederate States of America. > Army.
United States. > Army > Officers > Biography.
Confederate States of America. > Army > Officers > Biography.
Authors, American.
Armed Forces > Officers.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Écrivains americains > 19e siecle > Biographies.
Authors, American > 19th century > Biography.
United States.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession)
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Family and early years
  • West Point
  • Prelude to war
  • Mexico, 1846
  • Mexico, 1847
  • Postwar, 1848-1849
  • Florida, 1849-1850
  • Twilight of a career
  • A new life in South Carolina
  • Secession
  • The bombardment
  • Robert E. Lee in command
  • General John C. Pemberton
  • Peninsula campaign
  • Maryland campaign
  • Return to Charleston
  • The impending storm
  • Attack of the ironclads
  • The defense of Morris Island
  • Attacks on Battery Wagner
  • Siege and bombardment
  • The H.L. Hunley arrives
  • Ripley rebuked
  • The H.L. Hunley lost at sea
  • Ripley returns and reacts
  • Ripley in crisis
  • Death of the Confederacy
  • Chaos and flight to England
  • England, 1866-1869
  • Financial struggles, 1869-1873
  • Literary career, 1874-1875
  • An eventful 1875
  • Ripley's 'The situation in America'
  • Inventor
  • Return to America
  • Death in New York and honors in Charleston.

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