Sound and Fury: Dahlgren at Fredericksburg
Author | : Robert Allan Stevens |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 79 |
Release | : 2012-09-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781300038375 |
ISBN-13 | : 1300038373 |
Rating | : 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Download or read book Sound and Fury: Dahlgren at Fredericksburg written by Robert Allan Stevens and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-09-06 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ulric Dahlgren led a Union cavalry raid on the town of Fredericksburg, Virginia on the cold Sunday morning of November 9, 1862. Only about 3 hours long, the incident is a minor footnote in Civil War history. Yet this story is a microcosm of the war as experienced by the citizens, newspapers North and South, the individual soldier and his officers. First person accounts paint a detailed picture of the events of that morning, eschewing the spin of triumph or perfidy so common to military narratives.