Review
. . . compelling descriptions of officers and the experiences of ordinary soldiers and sailors. An interesting work of synthesis and description. -- The Journal of Southern History, February 2004
A solid introduction to the Civil War in the Carolinas. -- Choice, June 2003
[This work] reads like an adventure novel. . . and is greatly enhanced by a wonderful collection of photos and period prints. -- The Journal of Military History, November 2003
A solid introduction to the Civil War in the Carolinas. -- Choice, June 2003
[This work] reads like an adventure novel. . . and is greatly enhanced by a wonderful collection of photos and period prints. -- The Journal of Military History, November 2003
From the Inside Flap
Dan Morril relates the experience of two quite different states bound together in the defense of the Confederacy, using letters, diaries, memoirs, and reports. He shows how the innovative operations of the Union army and navy along the coast and in the bays and rivers of the Carolinas affected the general course of the war as well as the daily lives of all Carolinians. In the later part of the war, he describes how Sherman's operation cut out the heart of the last stronghold of the South.
The author offers fascinating sketches of major and minor personalities, including the new president and state governors, Generals Lee, Beauregard, Pickett, Sherman, D.H. Hill, and Joseph E. Johnston. Rebels and abolitionists, pacifists and unionists, slaves and freed men and women, all influential, all placed in their context with clear-eyed precision. If he were wielding a needle instead of a pen, his taperstry would offer us a complete picture of a people at war.
