Crosshairs on the Capital by James H Bruns (Hardback Book)

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In an era of battlefield one-upmanship, the raid on the Nation's capital in July 1864 was prompted by an earlier failed Union attempt to destroy Richmond and free the Union prisoners held there. Jubal Early's mission was in part to let the North have a taste of its own medicine by attacking Washington and freeing the Confederate prisoners at Point Lookout in southern Maryland. He was also to fill the South's larder from unmolested Union fields, mills and barns. By 1864 such southern food raids had become annual wartime events. And he was to threaten and, if possible, capture Washington. This latter task was unrealistic in an age when the success of rifle fire was judged to be successful not by accuracy, but by the amount of lead that was shot into the air. Initially, the Union defenders of\n\nCrosshairs on the Capital\nJubal Early's Raid on Washington, D. C., July 1864: Reasons, Reactions, and Results\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK de;