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The Wilderness campaign /

In the spring of 1864, in the vast Virginia scrub forest known as the Wilderness, Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee first met in battle. The Wilderness campaign of May 5-6 initiated an epic confrontation between these two Civil War commanders - one that would finally end, eleven months later, with...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Gallagher, Gary W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©1997.
Colección:Military campaigns of the Civil War.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Great expectations: Ulysses S. Grant, the northern press, and the opening of the Wilderness Campaign / Brooks D. Simpson
  • Our hearts are full of hope: the Army of Northern Virginina in the spring of 1864 / Gary W. Gallagher
  • I dread the spring: the Army of the Potomac prepares for the Overland Campaign / John J. Hennessy
  • Union cavalry in the Wilderness: the education of Philip H. Sheridan and James H. Wilson / Gordon C. Rhea
  • Escaping the shadow of Gettysburg: Richard S. Ewell and Ambrose Powell Hill at the Wilderness / Peter S. Carmichael
  • "Lee to the rear," the Texans cried / Robert K. Krick
  • Other Grant: Lewis A. Grant and the Vermont Brigade in the Battle of the Wilderness / Carol Reardon
  • Like a duck on a June bug: James Longstreet's flank attack, May 6, 1864 / Robert E.L. Krick.