The present study is the extension of an earlier work, Sherman's March Through the Carolinas. It became apparent in doing research for the previous volume that little has been writen concerning the war in North Carolina. Invaded from the east, the west, the north, and the south, the state was the scene, nevertheless, of much fighting. Although the numbers involved in many of these operations were comparatively small, the campaigns and battles themselves were not unimportant in the grand strategy of the war. Lee's operations in Virginia were controlled to a large extent by conditions in North Carolina. The historian's failure to record adequately the fighting in the Tar Heel state, therefore, has left incomplete not only the story of the conflict in North Carolina but also that of the war in the eastern theater. In an attempt to correct these omissions the author has undertaken this work. Paper, 484 pages,Preface, Notes, Critical Essay on Selected Sources, Index and Maps. |