Moore's Historical Guide To The Battle Of Bentonville [Paperback]

Mark A. Moore (Author)

Book Description

Series: Moore's Historical Guide to | Publication Date: October 21, 1997

In this large-format guide to the field where Sherman and Johnston fought their final battle, detailed route and battle maps are keyed to highway historical markers and accompanied by battle descriptions.

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Now in its third printing . . .

Some of the best maps available today in Civil War History.

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As Sherman pushed into North Carolina with an army of 60,000 veterans in the spring of 1865, Confederate general Joseph E. Johnston forged a bold plan to stop the Union juggernaut. Johnston, rarely the aggressor, assembled a motley conglomerate of garrison troops and hardened veterans at the eleventh hour. It was perhaps the most decisive action undertaken by "Old Joe" during the war, and it resulted in a final bloody encounter with the enemy in the pine barrens of the Old North State . . .

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Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Da Capo Press; 2nd edition (October 21, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1882810155
• ISBN-13: 978-1882810154
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #934,655 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Definitive Troop Position Maps for Bentonville!, June 14, 1999

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This review is from: Moore's Historical Guide To The Battle Of Bentonville (Paperback)

Based upon years of study, the detailed tactical maps in Moore's Bentonville book provide step-by-step orientation for all three days of this fascinating Civil War engagement.

Detailed battle descriptions enhance the maps, and many of the battle's participants tell their own stories, with easy reference to unit locations on the battlefield.

For tourists and scholars alike, this user-friendly study offers more than your average battlefield guidebook.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply the Best . . ., September 14, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Moore's Historical Guide To The Battle Of Bentonville (Paperback)

"Skillfully and effectively employing both tactical and modern highway maps, along with a clear explanatory narrative keyed to both, Mark Moore's book on the Battle of Bentonville is simply the best Civil War battlefield guide ever compiled. It will serve as a model for all similar efforts."
--CRAIG L. SYMONDS, United States Naval Academy; acclaimed author of "Joseph E. Johnston: A Civil War Biography" and "Stonewall of the West: Patrick Cleburne and the Civil War."

"Moore's Historical Guide to the Battle of Bentonville is a masterful piece of work. Mark A. Moore is to be congratulated."
--JOHN G. BARRETT, author of "Sherman's March through the Carolinas" (UNC 1956), and "The Civil War in North Carolina" (UNC 1963).

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Battlefield guide to Bentonville, April 29, 2007

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lordhoot "lordhoot" (Anchorage, Alaska USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Moore's Historical Guide To The Battle Of Bentonville (Paperback)

The Battle of Bentonville by Mark A. Moore proves to be an excellent battlefield guide book to this historical battle that was the last major battle fought in the American Civil War. The book gives step by step look this last campaign, starting off from Battle of Monroe's Crossroad on 10 March 1865 until the Battle of Bentonville ended on 21 March 1865. The reader will be able to followed the battles and the campaign thanks to the many maps provided in this book that gives a very clear and detail look at the battles and campaign, using a simplified modern map with modern roads so it possible for the reader to trace and follow the events of the book.

The book is well written enough that is provides an excellent introduction to these battles and campaign, allowing the reader to get the full understanding without cluttering of information overload. There is a good balance here between information given, maps provided and giving the reader a clear understanding of the battles and campaign overall.

Although the book was written for travalers and visitors to the historical locations, the book remains interesting for readers like myself who lives on the other side of the continent. While I did visit North Carolina once, it was before this book was published. I wish I had it then. It would have encourage me to explore Bentonville campaign closely instead of drive by.

The book come well recommended for anyone who wish to know more about Battle of Bentonville without being weight down by a heavy book. Its also an excellent introduction to the battle in preparation of studying it further. Both ways, the book is well worth the time and effort to read it.