In this Book
- The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5–6, 1864
- Book
- 2004
- Published by: Louisiana State University Press
- Series: Jules and Frances Landry Award
summary
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.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. xiii-xiv
- Abbreviations
- pp. xv-xvii
- INTRODUCTION
- pp. 1-7
- VI: MAY 6, MORNING: The Tide Shifts
- pp. 283-350
- Appendix: The Order of Battle
- pp. 453-470
- Bibliography
- pp. 471-489
Additional Information
ISBN
9780807140086
Related ISBN(s)
9780807118733, 9780807155806, 9780807155813
MARC Record
OCLC
849949647
Pages
536
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No