Confederate Florida: The Road to Olustee
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (844 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0817304738 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 273 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This collection of 15 essays assesses the work of the women of the third generation of Southern writers. Among the authors examined are Alice Walker, Maya Angelou and Margaret Walker.
"Excellent battle monograph and overview of Florida in the Confederacy" according to Red Harvest. Nulty did an excellent job of presenting the small but bloody battle of Olustee/Ocean Pond. He also did a fine job educating this reader about Florida's role in the war effort, its demographics, and the limitations the sparsely populated state faced. Nulty's product appears to be well researched and balanced and is recommended to anyone interested in the Civil War.The battle was poorly fought by the two commanders, but in the case of the CSA forces, the su. James W. Durney said Very Well Done!. William Nulty takes what seems to be a battle book, transforms it into a campaign study and a quick history of Confederate Florida. While doing this, he grabs our attention and holds it with a combination of excellent writing and solid facts.This very readable book, gives us a quick history of Civil War Florida and the position it assumes in the CSA. Without missing a step, we jump to the Union side covering the history of efforts to retake Florida. This l. George H. Hill said IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS THAT TURN A BATTLE. First things first,if the union general hadn't taken the Henry rifles from one unit and had them given to a unit that ended up taking no real part in the battle,the outcome would have surely been different-a little thing.My father died a couple weeks ago.One of his earliest memories was going to the battle site with his father & grandfather,Thaddeus A.Hill,who,along with brothers and cousins were present and firing at the invaders in blue.The old gentleman
Scholars of the conflict and students of Florida history will now be better informed, and all are in William Nulty’s debt.” —Journal of American History. “The author has a command of both the minutiae of battle and of the conflict’s greater implications. He gives credit where it is due and issues criticism where it is warranted