Hurricane of Fire: Union Assault on Fort Fisher: The Union Assault on Fort Fisher - Hardcover

III, Charles M. Robinson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1557507201 ISBN 13: 9781557507204

Publisher: Naval Institute Press, 1998

Synopsis

Based on exhaustive primary-source research, this is the first full history - from a naval perspective - of the fort on North Carolina's Cape Fear River and its little-known significance as both the Achilles' heel of the Union blockade and the lifeline of the Confederacy challenges many hidebound perceptions. Robinson vigorously disputes traditional explanations for the Union's inaction and the sacking of Adm. Samuel Lee with often embarrassing new findings. In a minute-by-minute description of the heaviest naval bombardment and greatest amphibious assault the world had ever seen, he also offers new evidence that vindicates the ill-equipped and poorly trained sailors and marines who for more than 130 years have been unjustly blamed for the failure of their assault across a mile of open beach.

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Review:

-As an account of battles, the book is on solid ground, and the story is an exciting one, well told.- -- The Coast Defense Journal

"As an account of battles, the book is on solid ground, and the story is an exciting one, well told." -- The Coast Defense Journal

About the Author:

<strong>Charles M. Robinson III</strong> (1949— September 2012) was an American author, illustrator, and adventurer. He was a history instructor with South Texas College in McAllen, Texas, until early 2012 and was a member of the 2010 Oxford Round Table. He was a graduate of St. Edward's University and the University of Texas–Pan American.<br><br>He has written magazine articles on seafaring, sailing, hunting, guns, and antique automobiles. He has also written several books that deal with the American Old West, as well as the American Civil War and the Spanish conquest of Mexico. In 1993 he was awarded the T. R. Fehrenbach Book Award by the Texas Historical Commission.

About this edition

• Publisher: Naval Institute Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1557507201
• ISBN 13: 9781557507204
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272