Lee's Bold Plan for Point Lookout: The Rescue of Confederate Prisoners That Never Happened Book

Preface 1
1 Introduction 3
2 Lee Was an Audacious Man 8
3 Plans to Capture Washington and Point Lookout 23
4 Trevilian Station 29
5 General Hunter Fails to Move in the Shenandoah Valley as Directed 36
6 Lee's Bold Plan, Phase I 53
7 Early's Fateful Decision 70
8 Washington's Defenses Undermanned 74
9 Point Lookout Prison Camp Vulnerable to Attack 89
10 Early Tarries on the Upper Potomac 98
11 A Lack of Shoes Causes Delay 110
12 Grant Fails to Meet Early's Threat 113
13 Early Hindered by Lack of Cooperation with Mosby 122
14 Washington's Defenses Depleted by Removal of Troops to Maryland Heights 126
15 Seaborne Attack on Point Lookout in Conjunction with Early's Forces Called Off 130
16 Wallace Aggressively Contests Early's Move to Frederick 136
17 General Ransom Costs Early Time 143
18 Hunter and Howe Fail to Move to Threaten Early 147
19 Confederates Fail to Secure Bridge at Monocacy Junction 154
20 Early Delayed by Battle of the Monocacy 157
21 Johnson-Gilmor Raid Toward Baltimore and Point Lookout 164
22 Wallace's Retreat to Baltimore Aids Early's Advance on Washington 170
23 Hot Weather Slows Early's Move on Washington 173
24 Early Loses Opportunity to Enter Washington at Fort Stevens 176
25 Veteran Reserve Troops and Convalescing Officers Help Defend Washington 185
26 Quartermaster Employees Serve in Washington's Defense 192
27 Lack of Intelligence on Washington Defenses Handicaps Early 196
28 Actions at the Blair Mansions a Minor Factor in Early's Failure to Enter Washington 200
29 McCook's Force Outside Fort Stevens Deters Early's Assault 205
30 Convalescing Union Troops Help DefendWashington 207
31 Lincoln Under Fire at Fort Stevens 210
32 Foreign Recognition of the Confederacy and Lincoln's Problematic Reelection 213
33 Epilogue: Early Reconsidered 221 Chapter Notes 225 Bibliography 243 Index 251