The Dahlgren affair : terror and conspiracy in the Civil War
Examines the events of March 5, 1864 when young Union commander Ulric Dahlgren, killed during a raid on a Confederate prison camp, was discovered to have been carrying orders instructing his men to find and execute Jefferson Davis and the rest of the Confederate cabinet; and discusses the implications of the affair on the remainder of the war
Print Book, English, 1999, ©1998
W.W. Norton, New York, 1999, ©1998