The Dahlgren Affair: Terror and Conspiracy in the Civil War

Author/Contributor(s):	Schultz, Duane P
Publisher:	W. W. Norton & Company
Date:	11/01/1999
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

On March 5, 1864, on a daring but failed cavalry raid to free thousands of Union prisoners, the 21-year-old commander of the mission, Ulric Dahlgren, was killed. On his body were found orders purportedly instructing his men to find and execute Jefferson Davis and the rest of the Confederate cabinet. This compelling narrative provides the first full-length analysis of the link between Dahlgren's failed raid and the Confederate campaign of terror. of illustrations.