Season of Fire: The Confederate Strike on Washington

Berryville, VA: Rockbridge Publishing Co., 1994. First Edition. First Printing. 300, illus., maps, appendix, select bibliography, index. Maps drawn by Katherine Tennery. In May 1864, the Federal army swept through the Shenandoah Valley, the breadbasket of the Confederacy, led at first by Franz Sigel and then by David Hunter. Jubal Early led the Confederate forces that drove Hunter into the mountains where he no longer threatened the Valley. Early then moved northward with 20, 000 men and crossed the Potomac into Maryland on his way to the capital of the North. The fighting climaxed on July 9, 1864, when the Confederate and Federal armies met in the battle at the Monocacy River. Early's army pushed into the District of Columbia where President Abraham Lincoln came under fire at Fort Stevens. Early, recognizing his weak position, withdrew to Virginia in the night before the stunned Federals thought to mount a pursuit. Well written study of Confederate General Jubal Early's 1864 raid that reached the outskirts of Washington, DC. Lincoln himself watched part of the battle from Fort Stevens. Judge's exciting account of the campaign is drawn from diaries, memoirs, and other eye-witness accounts of soldiers. Condition: very good.

Keywords: Jubal Early, William Averell, John Breckinridge, Henry Halleck, Henry du Pont, John Gordon, Battle Studies, Civil War, Bradley Johnson

ISBN: 1883522005

[Book #55345]

Price: $45.00

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