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Overview
In 'Yankee Blitzkrieg, ' James Pickett Jones chronicles this often-neglected campaign, which not only accomplished its mission but also succeeded in capturing the fleeing Jefferson Davis and his vice president Alexander H. Stephens, essentially ending all hopes for the Confederacy.Editorials
From The Critics
In the spring of 1865, Major General James H. Wilson and 14,000 Union cavalry troops destroyed key Confederate industrial facilities in what had been, until then, relatively unscathed areas of Alabama and Georgia. Yankee Blitzkrieg: Wilson's Raid Through Alabama And Georgia is a vividly reconstructed account tracing Wilson's lightning run south and places the campaign within the larger context of the last days of the Civil War. Historian James Jones describes in detail the strategic background of the raid, covers the raid from both sides, and notes the economic significance of the industrial facilities destroyed. Jones' description of Wilson's capture of Jefferson Davis is the standard interpretation of what happened when Davis was taken by Union forces. Yankee Blitzkrieg is superb reading for Civil War buffs and students of Civil War history.Book Details
Published
October 31, 2000
Publisher
Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 2000.
Pages
272
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780813190044