{"product_id":"destined-to-fail-the-johnson-gilmor-cavalry-raid-around-baltimore-july-10-13-1864-9781611216196","title":"Destined to Fail: The Johnson-Gilmor Cavalry Raid","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Johnson-Gilmor Raid represents one of three attempts to free prisoners of war during the American Civil War. Like the other two, it was destined to fail for a variety of reasons, mostly because the timetable for the operation was a schedule impossible to meet. The mounted raid was a fascinating act of increasing desperation by the Confederate high command in the summer of 1864, and award-winning cavalry historian Eric J. Wittenberg presents the gripping story in detail for the first time in \u003cem\u003eDestined to Fail: The Johnson-Gilmor Cavalry Raid around Baltimore, July 10-13, 1864\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe thundering high-stakes operation was intended to ease the suffering of 15,000 Confederate prisoners held at Point Lookout, Maryland, a peninsula at the confluence of the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay. The story includes a motley cast of characters on both sides and fast-paced drama in a deeply researched study that draws upon published and unpublished primary sources, including contemporary newspapers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart of Wittenberg’s cogent analysis compares and contrasts this raid to a pair of other unsuccessful attempts to free Union prisoners of war – the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid of February-March 1864, and the Stoneman Raid on Macon, Georgia of July 1864 – as well as Gen. George S. Patton’s attempt to free his son-in-law and other American prisoners in March of 1945. This book will be welcomed by anyone with an interest in the Civil War, high-stakes cavalry operations, or the politics of Civil War high command.","brand":"Savas Beatie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041679147351,"sku":"9781611216196","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781611216196.jpg?v=1750951272","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/destined-to-fail-the-johnson-gilmor-cavalry-raid-around-baltimore-july-10-13-1864-9781611216196","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}