Creative Minds in Desperate Times
The Civil War's Most Sensational Schemes and Plots
Published on 12. September 1997
224 pages
978-1-4185-3067-9 (ISBN)
Description
When the Civil War broke out, leaders on both sides had to develop strategies for fighting the conflict and considered almost any suggestion. This book chronicles some of the most intriguing and unusual plans devised by these leaders.
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By Webb Garrison
Content
- Intro
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Part 1: Best-laid Plans
- 1. The Great Gold Hoax-Greed and the 1864 Draft
- 2. King Cotton-A World Monopoly
- 3. James J. Andrews-The Great Locomotive Chase
- 4. Dr. Nightly-The Yellow Fever Plot
- Part 2: Genius at Work
- 5. Winfield Scott-The Anaconda Plan
- 6. Stephen R. Mallory-Iron Afloat
- 7. David Dixon Porter-The Black Terror
- 8. Sam Upham-Paper Bullets
- 9. Robert Smalls-Captain for a Day
- 10. Brutus de Villeroi-Underwater Warfare
- Part 3: Bizarre as a Byzantine Novel
- 11. William H. Seward-One Way to Avoid Civil War
- 12. Thomas J. Jackson-A Big Catch of Fish
- 13. Josiah Tattnall-Refit and Fight!
- 14. Gustavus V. Fox-A Fleet of Stone
- 15. A Pennsylvania Miner-The Crater
- 16. Bennett H. Young-Yankee Gold on the Border
- Part 4: Nipped in the Bud
- 17. John Brown-Carving a New Nation
- 18. Charles Wilkes-Minus Four Passengers
- 19. Sons of Liberty-The Great Northwest Conspiracy
- 20. Jubal Anderson Early-The Late Raid
- Part 5: Much Ado about Nearly Nothing
- 21. Robert B. Pegram-Destination London
- 22. Jeb Stuart-One Hundred Thousand Blue Monkeys
- 23. Ulysses S. Grant-The River Bypass
- 24. Alexander H. Stephens-No Peace But a Union Peace
- 25. Robert C. Kennedy-The Fiery Plans of Southern Terrorism
- Part 6: Flood Tide of Fraternal Strife
- 26. Jefferson Davis-Citizen Pirates
- 27. Abraham Lincoln-Maryland! MY Maryland!
- 28. Two Virginias-The Mountaineers and the Gentry
- 29. Ulric Dahlgren-The Plot to Kill a President
- 30. John Wilkes Booth-The Last Plot
- Bibliography
- Index
