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Resolute rebel General Roswell S. Ripley, Charleston's gallant defender
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Title
Resolute rebel [electronic resource] : General Roswell S. Ripley, Charleston's gallant defender / Chet Bennett.
ISBN
1611177553
9781611177558
9781611177541 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Published
Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, [2017] (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (pages cm)
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Project MUSE - 2017 Complete.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Project MUSE - 2017 History.
Other formats
Online version: Bennett, Chet, author. Resolute rebel Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, [2017]
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 08, 2017
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Family and early years
West Point
Prelude to war
Mexico, 1846
Mexico, 1847
Postwar, 1848-1849
Florida, 1849-1850
Twilight of a career
A new life in South Carolina
Secession
The bombardment
Robert E. Lee in command
General John C. Pemberton
Peninsula campaign
Maryland campaign
Return to Charleston
The impending storm
Attack of the ironclads
The defense of Morris Island
Attacks on Battery Wagner
Siege and bombardment
The H. L. Hunley arrives
Ripley rebuked
The H. L. Hunley lost at sea
Ripley returns and reacts
Ripley in crisis
Death of the Confederacy
Chaos and flight to England
England, 1866-1869
Financial struggles, 1869-1873
Literary career, 1874-1875
An eventful 1875
Ripley's 'The situation in America'
Inventor
Return to America
Death in New York and honors in Charleston.
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