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Blue Tide Rising - A Memoir of the Union Army in North Carolina (Paperback)
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Blue Tide Rising - A Memoir of the Union Army in North Carolina (Paperback)
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Major General Jacob Dolson Cox had plenty to do as a Union Army
commander engaged in fighting along the Mississippi River, but when
Ulysses S. Grant needed him and his men in North Carolina, he
immediately headed east. By train and ship, Cox's command made an
amazingly fast movement to the Cape Fear, where just weeks before
Union and Confederate soldiers, sailors and marines had fought a
desperate battle for Fort Fisher, guarding the last open port of
the Confederacy at Wilmington. Now the fort was in Yankee hands,
but Fort Anderson still remained upriver as one final obstacle to
the fall of the port Robert E. Lee depended on. It fell to Jacob D.
Cox and Adelbert Ames to eliminate Fort Anderson as they led the
western element of a two-pronged assault on Wilmington. From there,
Cox witnessed virtually every remaining battle in North Carolina
during the Civil War. Goldsborough, Wise Forks, Kinston,
Bentonville, Averasborough and Bennett Place - Cox either fought in
or was close by every major clash of arms fought in North Carolina
in 1865. Cox died before his memoir was published in 1900, but his
account of his Civil War service made for an important addition to
the story of the war, from someone who played a pivotal role in it.
In this book, editor Jack E. Fryar, Jr. has excerpted from Cox's
memoir the portions that deal with his extensive service in North
Carolina in the closing months of the war. Cox tells about more
than just the battles fought. He also tells of the men on both
sides who made history in one of the most important dramas ever
acted out in this country. With letters and personal insight into
the issues and complexities of the war, Jacob Cox paints a vivid
portrait of thestruggles not just to win the fights, but to usher
in the peace that would see the country whole again. This well
illustrated volume will be a welcome addition to any student of the
Civil War, and North Carolina's role in our nation's fiercest
crucible by fire.
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