The Dahlgren Affair
Terror and Conspiracy in the Civil War
Edición de la obra The Dahlgren Affair
| Autor | Duane P. Schultz |
|---|---|
| Editorial | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Fecha de publicación | November 1999 |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 298 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780393319866 |
| ISBN-10 | 0393319865 |
| Número de Cutter | S387d |
March 5, 1864 was the day the Civil War changed to become what the Richmond Examiner called "a war of extermination, of indiscriminate slaughter and plunder." It changed because of a few sheets of paper found on a muddy trail outside of Richmond. Their legacy was a new and terrible style of warfare. The story begins with a daring cavalry raid to free thousands of Union prisoners held under desperate conditions in Richmond, Virginia, capital of the Confederacy. The raid fails, and the Union commander -- 21-year-old Ulric Dahlgren, a one-legged colonel, hero, and friend of Abraham Lincoln's -- is killed. On Dahlgren's body are found orders purportedly instructing his men to find and execute Jefferson Davis and the rest of the Confederate cabinet. - Jacket flap.