April '65: Confederate Covert Action in the American Civil War

William A. Tidwell

ISBN 10: 0873385152 / ISBN 13: 9780873385152

Verlag: The Kent State University Press, 1995

Beschreibung

This is a Very Solid & Square Civil War Hardback in Very Good+ Condition with a Very Good+ jacket. c1995, First Edition, 2nd Printing. This book was lightly read . The Black Cloth cover is very bright & very clean with just a little top edge wear. The pages are tight & bright & unmarked. No names. The jacket is In nice condition. There is some shelf wear otherwise nice edges and spine ends. Not a Remainder. 264 Pages. All books are securely packaged and Promptly Mailed. #22383-324.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: April '65: Confederate Covert Action in the American Civil War
• Verlag: The Kent State University Press
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1995
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0873385152
• ISBN-13: 9780873385152
• Einband: Hardcover
• Druck: 2nd Printing
• Zustand: Very Good+
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+
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Inhaltsangabe

This text examines the history of the Confederate Secret Service and its involvement in the assassination of President Lincoln. The author uses previously unknown records and traces the development of Confederate doctrine for the conduct of irregular warfare.

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William A. Tidwell establishes the existence of a Confederate Secret Service and clarifies the Confederate decision-making process to show the role played by Jefferson Davis in clandestine operations. While the book focuses on the Confederate Secret Service's involvement with the Lincoln assassination, the information presented has implications for various other aspects of the Civil War. The most thorough description of the Confederate Secret Service to date, April '65 provides previously unknown records and traces the development of Confederate doctrine for the conduct of irregular warfare. In addition it describes Confederate motives and activities associated with the development of a major covert effort to promote the creation of a peace party in the North. It shows in detail how the Confederates planned to attack the military command and control in Washington and how they responded to the situation when the wartime attack evolved into a peacetime assassination. One of the most significant pieces of new information is how the Confederates were successful in influencing the history of the assassination.