Local Author Appearing at West Dennis Library
Local Author Appearing at West Dennis Library
Date/Time
Date(s) - 06/25/2017
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location
West Dennis Library
Categories
Author Michael McCarthy will be presenting and signing copies of his book, Confederate Waterloo.
“It could be classified as a mere skirmish, but no other fight of the entire four years’ struggle was followed by such important consequences,” explained former Confederate General Thomas Munford years after the Civil War. “It extinguished the campfires of the hitherto invincible army and was the mortal blow which caused the Southern Confederacy to perish forever.” The Battle of Five Forks broke the long siege of Petersburg, triggered the evacuation of Richmond, precipitated the Appomattox Campaign, and destroyed the careers and reputations of two generals. Michael J. McCarthy’s Confederate Waterloo is the first fully researched and unbiased book-length account of this decisive Union victory and the aftermath fought in the courts and at the bar of public opinion.
Book’s webpage: http://tinyurl.com/gwgvoee
