1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990000951110403321

Autore

Adair, Robert Kemp

Titolo

Strange Particles / Robert Kemp Adair, Earle Cabell Fowler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : Interscience, 1963

Collana

Interscience Tracts on Physics and Astronomy ; 15

Disciplina

539.72539.73

Locazione

FI1

Collocazione

33-028.001

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910812122103321

Autore

Nulty William H.

Titolo

Confederate Florida : the road to Olustee / / William H. Nulty

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, Alabama : , : The University of Alabama Press, , 1994

©1990

ISBN

0-8173-8832-X

0-585-32036-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Disciplina

973.7/3

Soggetti

Olustee, Battle of, Olustee, Fla., 1864

Florida History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Illustrations; Preface; 1. The Jilted Bride: Florida's Early Years in the Confederacy; 2. Blockade and Raid: The Middle Civil War Years in



Florida; 3. Renewed Interest in Florida; 4. Surprise and Success: The Landing and Exploitation; 5. The Battle of Olustee; 6. Lost Opportunities: The Retreat and Pursuit; 7. Heroes, Goats, and Survivors; 8. A Final Look; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

At the end of 1863 the Federal forces in the Department of the South were tied up in siege operations against Charleston and Savannah, operations that showed little progress or promise. The commander of the Department, Major General Quincy A. Gillmore, led an expedition into Florida to recruit blacks, cut off commissary supplies headed for other parts of the Confederacy, and disrupt the railroad system within Florida. Expedition forces landed at Jacksonville on February 7, 1864.   The engagement at Olustee, not far from Gainesville, took place on February 20, 1