Bibliograph

The battle of the crater, a novel of the Civil War, Newt Gingrich, William R. Forstchen and Albert S. Hanser, contributing editor

Type

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The battle of the crater, a novel of the Civil War, Newt Gingrich, William R. Forstchen and Albert S. Hanser, contributing editor

Language

eng

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The battle of the crater

Medium

text large print

Oclc number

747947355

Responsibility statement

Newt Gingrich, William R. Forstchen and Albert S. Hanser, contributing editor

Series statement

Thorndike Press large print core

Sub title

a novel of the Civil War

Summary

"June 1864: the Civil War is now into its fourth year of bloody conflict with no end in sight. The armies of the North are stalled in fetid trenches outside of Richmond and Atlanta, and the reelection of Abraham Lincoln to a second term seems doomed to defeat. Only one group of volunteers for the Union cause is still eager for battle: the USCTs, the United States Colored Troops. General Ambrose Burnside has an ingenious plan to break Fort Pegram, the closest point on the Confederate line taht is the last defense of Richmond, by tunneling forward from the Union position beneath the fort to explode its defenses. Burnside needs the USCTs for one desperate rush that just might bring victory"--P. [4] of cover

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