Hampton Newsome's Definitive Account of the Fighting in North Carolina in Spring 1864

My friend Hampton Newsome has written the definitive account of the fighting in North Carolina in the spring of 1864 just before the fighting around Petersburg began: The Fight for the Old North StateThe Civil War in North Carolina, January - May 1864.  Many of the same troops participated in both campaigns.  Hampton is also the author of Richmond Must Fall, the best account of Grant's sixth offensive at Petersburg.  Along with John Selby and me, Hampton edited Civil War Talks: Further Reminiscences of George S. Bernard and His Fellow Veterans.  Bernard was the most prolific of the many prolific writers in the 12th Virginia Infantry, the Petersburg Regiment, and I drew heavily on his writings in The Petersburg Regiment in the Civil War: A History of the 12th Virginia Infantry from John Brown's Hanging to Appomattox, my new book just out from Savas Beatie.  Hampton drew the maps for The Petersburg Regiment as well as for my previous book, The Siege of Petersburg: The Battles for the Weldon Railroad, August 1864.  Hampton's book is getting good reviews.

“In this fascinating new book, Hampton Newsome makes a valuable contribution to Civil War literature, offering a compelling account of Confederate efforts in early 1864 to turn the tide of war in eastern North Carolina. Though these efforts produced decidedly mixed results, the same cannot be said of Newsome’s. Well-researched, informative, and unfailingly interesting, this superb study merits the attention of anyone interested in the course and conduct of these operations, their strategic and operational effects, and the challenges leaders on both sides faced as they pursued victory in the Old North State in 1864.”
—Ethan S. Rafuse, author of Robert E. Lee and the Fall of the Confederacy, 1863–1865 and coeditor of Guide to the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign