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Gate of Hell: Campaign for Charleston Harbor, 1863
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Charleston campaign of 1863 US Civil War
54th Massachusettes and African America troops in Civil War
Morris Island
Charleston campaign of 1863 US Civil War
54th Massachusettes and African America troops in Civil War
Morris Island
Reviews (10)
1 August 2015Four Stars
Detailed information about a consequential Civil War engagement with longer term effects than its immediate strategic importance..
22 July 2015Five Stars
Excellant!
15 February 2015An Indecisive, but Still Important, Campaign
Stephen Wise's "Gate of Hell" is a detailed and thorough account of the Union's combined arms campaign to capture the seedbed of secession, Charleston, in the summer of 1863.
6 September 2013Excellent narrative
Very well detailed.
17 December 20121863 A year to remember.
It was at the Gates of Charleston that our Civil War started 151 years ago, and it was at the Gates of Charleston 150 years ago next year that a battle started to recapture Fort Sumter and to quell the Rebellion against the general government, a Battle that would last until 1865, and is only now and then remembered as the Siege that set the stage for Fort Wagner and the 54th Massachusetts, as part of that battle....
3 December 2012gate of hell
Only reason for four stars is that book came with no dust jacket when it said it did.
14 September 2010Very detailed and interesting
This is a workman-like, very scholarly account of the significant battles around Charleston South Carolina in 1863.
11 January 2007Exceptional Book & Awesome Maps, Details
I love this book.
11 February 2006Must have book
If you are a student of history, or a Civil War buff or have an interest in Charleston, then this is the book you have been waiting for.
16 April 1998A Look at the Campaign for Charleston, SC...1863
Gate of Hell is a decent study of the Union's Campaign for Charleston, SC in 1863.