Research Catalog

Title

The Battle of Fisher's Hill : breaking the Shenandoah Valley's Gibraltar / Jonathan A. Noyalas.

Author

Noyalas, Jonathan A.

Publication

Charleston, SC : History Press, 2013.

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Description

140 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Summary

• "The Battle of Fisher's Hill created a greater opportunity to destroy harvests fromthe breadbasket of the Confederacy than any other Union victory in the hotly contested Shenandoah Valley. Union major general Philip Sheridan's men forcedConfederate lieutenant general Jubal A. Early's smaller force to retreat, leading to the burning of barns and mills across the region. In this first-ever book focused on this engagement, Civil War historian Jonathan A. Noyalas explains the battle, its effect on area civilians and its meaning to both sides, as well as the battlefield's important role in postwar reunion and reconciliation"--
• "A brief, illustrated history of the Battle of Fisher's Hill, a critical Union victory in the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War"--

Series Statement

History Press Civil War sesquicentennial series

Uniform Title

History Press Civil War sesquicentennial series.

Subject

• HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
• Fisher's Hill, Battle of, Va., 1864
• United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

"Lifting Itself Up Menacingly To Our Advance" -- "An Unexpected Determination to Remain in Possession of It" -- "Like an Avalanche of Howling Demons" -- "A Confused Delirious Mass" -- "Another Glorious Union Victory Has Been Gained" -- "We Are on a Peaceful Visit."

ISBN

• 9781609494438 (pbk.)
• 1609494431 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2013021372

OCLC

843859582

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library