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The Fight for the Old North State - (Modern War Studies) by Hampton Newsome (Paperback)

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  • Winner: Richard Barksdale Harwell Award On a cold day in early January 1864, Robert E. Lee wrote to Confederate president Jefferson Davis "The time is at hand when, if an attempt can be made to capture the enemy's forces at New Berne, it should be done.
  • Author(s): Hampton Newsome
  • 480 Pages
  • History, United States
  • Series Name: Modern War Studies

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About the Book



The Fight for the Old North State is an in-depth study of Confederate efforts to seize Federal bases in eastern North Carolina at New Bern, Washington, and Plymouth during the first half of 1864. The study features formidable rebel inronclads, Tar Heel soldiers in blue, an emerging peace movement, a contested gubernatorial election, and a Confederate supply crisis.



Book Synopsis



Winner: Richard Barksdale Harwell Award

On a cold day in early January 1864, Robert E. Lee wrote to Confederate president Jefferson Davis "The time is at hand when, if an attempt can be made to capture the enemy's forces at New Berne, it should be done." Over the next few months, Lee's dispatch would precipitate a momentous series of events as the Confederates, threatened by a supply crisis and an emerging peace movement, sought to seize Federal bases in eastern North Carolina. This book tells the story of these operations--the late war Confederate resurgence in the Old North State.

Using rail lines to rapidly consolidate their forces, the Confederates would attack the main Federal position at New Bern in February, raid the northeastern counties in March, hit the Union garrisons at Plymouth and Washington in late April, and conclude with another attempt at New Bern in early May. The expeditions would involve joint-service operations, as the Confederates looked to support their attacks with powerful, homegrown ironclad gunboats. These offensives in early 1864 would witness the failures and successes of southern commanders including George Pickett, James Cooke, and a young, aggressive North Carolinian named Robert Hoke. Likewise they would challenge the leadership of Union army and naval officers such as Benjamin Butler, John Peck, and Charles Flusser. Newsome does not neglect the broader context, revealing how these military events related to a contested gubernatorial election; the social transformations in the state brought on by the war; the execution of Union prisoners at Kinston; and the activities of North Carolina Unionists.

Lee's January proposal triggered one of the last successful Confederate offensives. The Fight for the Old North State captures the full scope, as well as the dramatic details of this struggle for North Carolina.



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"Newsome has added greatly to Civil War scholarship and North Carolina's integral part in the enduring American conflict."--North Carolina Historical Review

"In summation, it is difficult to imagine any writer approaching the subject of the 1864 North Carolina campaign with the same degree of thoroughness that Newsome has accomplished in this book. He has proven to be among the best Civil War authors writing today."--Emerging Civil War

"[Newsome] places the campaign's military component within a larger political and social context, and he provides astute analytical insights in both his own words and those of contemporaries."--America's Civil War

"Newsome's book tells the chain of events--the highs and the lows, the bumbling and the courageous, from January to May 1864 in the Old North State. It's all here."--Civil War News



"In this fascinating new book, Hampton Newsome makes a valuable contribution to Civil War literature, offering a compelling account of Confederate efforts in early 1864 to turn the tide of war in eastern North Carolina. Though these efforts produced decidedly mixed results, the same cannot be said of Newsome's. Well-researched, informative, and unfailingly interesting, this superb study merits the attention of anyone interested in the course and conduct of these operations, their strategic and operational effects, and the challenges leaders on both sides faced as they pursued victory in the Old North State in 1864."--Ethan S. Rafuse, author of Robert E. Lee and the Fall of the Confederacy, 1863-1865 and coeditor of Guide to the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign

"The Fight for the Old North State carefully reassesses the importance of the Confederate military campaign to retake the North Carolina coast in the spring of 1864. In a lively narrative, Hampton Newsome balances operational military history and a broader overview of the social and political situation on the ground. This work is highly recommended for readers of North Carolina's Civil War military history."--Barton A. Myers, associate professor of Civil War history, Washington and Lee University, and author of Rebels against the Confederacy

"With an excellent eye for detail and a knack for good storytelling, Hampton Newsome skillfully places the military actions in coastal North Carolina within the broader context of the political and social forces at work in the state in 1864. Lucidly written, The Fight for the Old North State inspired me to drive down to North Carolina to see the sites for myself."--Jonathan W. White, author of Midnight in America: Darkness, Sleep, and Dreams during the Civil War


Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .9 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.45 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 480
Series Title: Modern War Studies
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: United States
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Format: Paperback
Author: Hampton Newsome
Language: English
Street Date: July 30, 2020
TCIN: 90579409
UPC: 9780700630370
Item Number (DPCI): 247-26-6596
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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