The Battle of White Sulphur Springs: Averell Fails to Secure West Virginia (The History Press) (Civil War Sesquicentennial)

Though West Virginia was founded for the purpose of remaining loyal to the Union, severing ties with Virginia, home of the capital of the Confederacy, would prove difficult. West Virginia's fate would be tested on its battlegrounds. In August 1863, Union general William Woods Averell led a six-hundred-mile raid culminating in the Battle of White Sulphur Springs in Greenbrier County. Colonel George S. Patton, grandfather of the legendary World War II general, met Averell with a dedicated Confederate force. After a fierce two-day battle, Patton defeated Averell, forcing him to retreat. Civil War historian Eric J. Wittenberg presents a fascinating in-depth analysis of the proceedings in the first book-length study of this important battle.

Other books in the Civil War Sesquicentennial Series include:The Battle of Antietam♦ The Battle of Franklin♦ The Chancellorsville Campaign♦ The Battle of South Mountain♦ Stonewall Jackson's 1862 Valley Campaign♦ Charleston Under Siege♦ Andersonville Civil War Prison♦ The Civil War at Perryville♦ The Battle of Okolona♦ Fort Davidson and the Battle of Pilot Knobb♦ The Two Civil War Battles of Newtonia♦ The Battle of Port Royal♦ The Confederacy's Secret Weapon♦ Lee in the Lowcountry♦ Defending South Carolina's Coast♦ Facing Sherman in South Carolina♦ The Battle of Brandy Station♦ The Battle of Cedar Creek♦ The Battle of Fredericksburg♦ The Battle of Piedmont♦ The Battle of New Market Heights♦ Big Bethel♦ The Battle of Mine Creek♦ West Virginia in the Civil War♦ Civil War Atlanta♦ The Battle of Westport♦ The Union is Dissolved♦ The Battle of Fort Donelson♦The Battle of White Sulphur Springs♦ The Bermuda Hundred Campaign♦ and many more!