With the end of the Civil War sesquicentennial this April, publishers have kept bookstore shelves heavy with dozens of new volumes on the conflict, including Perry D. Jamieson’s comprehensive Spring 1865: The Closing Campaigns of the Civil War (University of Nebraska Press). While Jamieson just touches on the role of brevet Maj. Gen. George A. Custer’s single-handed attempt to force the Confederate surrender at Appomattox, T.J. Stiles’ Custer’s Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New Ame
Already Signed Up? Log in here.
Read this article now for Free!
Ready for a third free article? Create a free account by entering your email address and a password below.
— OR —
Sign Up Now for $29.95 a year and have immediate access to all of True West content, including the complete True West Archives dating back to 1953!
