A Vast and Fiendish Plot
The Confederate Attack on New York City
By Clint Johnson
(Citadel, Paperback, 9780806531311, 320pp.)
Publication Date: February 23, 2010
Categories: United States - Civil War, United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic
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Description
Acclaimed Civil War expert Johnson offers this scorching, thrilling account of how an undercover team of Confederate officers tried to set fire to New York City in 1864--and nearly succeeded. 30 b&w photos throughout.











