The Spotsylvania campaign /

The Spotsylvania Campaign was a crucial period in the protracted confrontation between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee in spring 1864. Approaching the campaign from a variety of perspectives, the contributors to this volume explore questions regarding high command, tactics, and strategy; the impa...

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Other Authors: Gallagher, Gary W.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©1998.
Series:Military campaigns of the Civil War.
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Table of Contents:
  • I have to make the best of what I have : Robert E. Lee at Spotsylvania / Gary W. Gallagher
  • The Federal high command at Spotsylvania / William D. Matter
  • The testing of a corps commander : Gouverneur Kemble Warren at the Wilderness and Spotsylvania / Gordon C. Rhea
  • An insurmountable barrier between the army and ruin : the Confederate experience at Spotsylvania's Bloody Angle / Robert K. Krick
  • Stuart's last ride : a Confederate view of Sheridan's raid / Robert E.L. Krick
  • A hard road to travel : the impact of continuous operations on the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia in May 1864 / Carol Reardon
  • We respect a good soldier, no matter what flag he fought under : the 15th New Jersey remembers Spotsylvania / Peter S. Carmichael
  • Grant's second Civil War : the battle for historical memory / William A. Blair.