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Thunder on the River
Daniel L. Schafer
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Description for Thunder on the River
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 558.
When the Civil War finally came to North Florida, it did so with an intermittent fury that destroyed much of Jacksonville and scattered its residents. The city was taken four separate times by Federal forces but abandoned after each of the first three occupations. During the fourth occupation, it was used as a staging ground for the ill-fated Union invasion of the Florida interior, which ended in the bloody Battle of Olustee in February 1864. This late Confederate victory, along with the deadly use of underwater mines against the U.S. Navy along the St. Johns, nearly succeeded in ending the ... Read more
When the Civil War finally came to North Florida, it did so with an intermittent fury that destroyed much of Jacksonville and scattered its residents. The city was taken four separate times by Federal forces but abandoned after each of the first three occupations. During the fourth occupation, it was used as a staging ground for the ill-fated Union invasion of the Florida interior, which ended in the bloody Battle of Olustee in February 1864. This late Confederate victory, along with the deadly use of underwater mines against the U.S. Navy along the St. Johns, nearly succeeded in ending the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Florida, United States
ISBN
9780813060545
SKU
V9780813060545
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About Daniel L. Schafer
Daniel L. Schafer, Professor of History Emeritus and University Distinguished Professor at the University of North Florida, USA, is the author of several books, including Zephaniah Kingsley Jr. and the Atlantic World, Anna Madgigine Jai Kingsley, and William Bartram and the Ghost Plantations of British East Florida.
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