Besieged: Mobile 1865

"A particular strength of Blount s confident narrative is its measured, thorough explanation of the events…Blount’s research is strong and his style lively…a genuinely enjoyable battle-book.”
;Blue & Gray Magazine, in praise of The Battles of New Hope Church

In no other battle of the Civil War is the lack of rapid communication more tragic than in the campaign for the city of Mobile, Alabama, in 1865. Hours after Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered, the Union efforts to capture the port ravaged a...