No turning back : a guide to the 1864 Overland Campaign, from the Wilderness to Cold Harbor, May 4-June 13, 1864 /
""[T]here will be no turning back, "" said Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. It was May, 1864. The Civil War had dragged into its fourth spring. It was time to end things, Grant resolved, once and for all. With the Union Army of the Potomac as his sledge, Grant crossed the Rapidan River...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autores principales: | , , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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El Dorado Hills, California :
Savas Beatie,
[2014]
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Colección: | Emerging Civil War series.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | ""[T]here will be no turning back, "" said Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. It was May, 1864. The Civil War had dragged into its fourth spring. It was time to end things, Grant resolved, once and for all. With the Union Army of the Potomac as his sledge, Grant crossed the Rapidan River, intending to draw the Army of Northern Virginia into one final battle. Short of that, he planned ""to hammer continuously against the armed forces of the enemy and his resources, until by mere attrition, if in no other way, there should be nothing left to him ... ""Almost immediately, though, Robert E. Lee's Confede. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781611211948 1611211948 |