Yankee commandos : how William P. Sanders led a cavalry squadron deep into Confederate territory /

Yankee commandos : how William P. Sanders led a cavalry squadron deep into Confederate territory /

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Author / Creator:	Brandes, Stuart D. (Stuart Dean), 1940- author.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2023]
Description:	xi, 318 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Sanders, William Price, -- 1833-1863. Sanders, William Price, -- 1833-1863. Unionists (United States Civil War) -- Tennessee, East -- History. Military operations, Cavalry. Unionists (United States Civil War) Tennessee, East -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Cavalry operations. East Tennessee. United States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13147551

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ISBN:	9781621907466 1621907465 9781621907473
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"In June of 1863, Col. William P. Sanders led a cavalry raid of 1,300 men from the Union Army of the Ohio through Confederate-held East Tennessee. The raid's purpose was to sever the Confederate rail supply line from Virginia to the Western Theater, and Sanders and his raiders were largely successful. Brandes presents readers with the most complete account of the Sanders raid to date using Sanders's official reports, East Tennessee diaries and memoirs of the Civil War, and pertinent secondary sources. In doing so, Brandes fills an important gap in Civil War scholarship and showcases Unionism in a mostly Confederate-sympathizing state"--
Other form:	Online version: Brandes, Stuart D. (Stuart Dean), 1940- Yankee commandos. First edition. Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, 2023 9781621907473

Table of Contents:

Chronology
Introduction
1. Stern Measures
2. Lincoln's Wish
3. Bold Cavalier
4. Brown-Faced Men
5. To the Silvery River
6. Watching and Waiting
7. From Williamsburg, Kentucky, to Wartburg, Tennessee
8. A Fateful Choice
9. The Killing of Harvey Baker
10. The Cumberland Wall
11. A Dark Night hi Knoxville
12. The Feint
13. Little Massachusetts
14. Escape
15. Assessment
16. A Soldier's Death
Notes
Bibliography
Index