The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5–6, 1864 (eBook)

Gordon C. Rhea (Autor)

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2004
536 Seiten
LSU Press (Verlag)
978-0-8071-5580-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Fought in a tangled forest fringing the south bank of the Rapidan River, the Battle of the Wilderness marked the initial engagement in the climactic months of the Civil War in Virginia, and the first encounter between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. In an exciting narrative, Gordon C. Rhea provides the consummate recounting of that conflict of May 5 and 6, 1864, which ended with high casualties on both sides but no clear victor. With its balanced analysis of events and people, command structures and strategies, The Battle of the Wilderness is operational history as it should be written.

Autor

lt;p>Gordon C. Rhea is also the author of Carrying the Flag: The Story of Private Charles Whilden, the Confederacy's Most Unlikely Hero; The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern, May 7--12, 1864; To the North Anna River: Grant and Lee, May 13--25, 1864, winner of the Fletcher Pratt Literary Award; and Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee, May 26--June 3, 1864, winner of the Austin Civil War Round Table's Laney Prize; and In the Footsteps of Grant and Lee: The Wilderness through Cold Harbor. He lives in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.9.2004
• Reihe/Serie: Jules and Frances Landry Award
• Reihe/Serie: Jules and Frances Landry Award
• Zusatzinfo: 12 Halftones, 20 Maps
• Verlagsort: Baton Rouge
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Schlagworte: Burnside • Civil War • Confederacy • Grant • Hill • History • Lee • longstreet • Meade • overland campaign • Richmond • series • Union • United States • Virginia
• ISBN-10: 0-8071-5580-2 / 0807155802
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8071-5580-6 / 9780807155806