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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherArcadia Publishing
ISBN-10162619842X
ISBN-139781626198425
eBay Product ID (ePID)23038508248
Product Key Features
Book TitleRichard Gatlin and the Confederate Defense of Eastern North Carolina
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicUnited States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Military / United States, Military
Publication Year2015
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorJames L. Gaddis Jr.
Book SeriesCivil War Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight11.2 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2014-956643
SynopsisAfter the Confederate shelling of Fort Sumter in April 1861, North Carolina took steps toward war. Governor John Ellis commandeered Federal forts, raised regiments and enlisted the aid of Mexican War hero and Kinston native Richard C. Gatlin. Under the new Confederacy, Gatlin commanded the Confederate Department of North Carolina as a brigadier general. He was charged with the defense of the Tar Heel State, and his failure to prevent the Union takeover of the coast has been lost in the annals of Civil War history. Join author and historian James L. Gaddis Jr. for an overlooked yet harrowing tale of power, politics, tragedy and war.