| Battered Stars: One State's Civil War Ordeal During Grant's Overland Campaign: From the Home Front in Vermont to the Battlefields of V Contributor(s): Coffin, Howard (Author), Bearss, Edwin (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0881504874 ISBN-13: 9780881504873 Publisher: Countryman Press OUR PRICE: $49.40 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2002 Annotation: This extraordinary story of General Grant's overland campaign and the unique role played by the troops from the state of Vermont also includes never-before-published material on the experiences of the home front. 75 photos & illustrations. 5 maps. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
| Dewey: 973.730 |
| LCCN: 2001055418 |
| Physical Information: 1.23" H x 6.4" W x 9.48" (2.01 lbs) 434 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Topical - Civil War - Geographic Orientation - Vermont - Cultural Region - New England |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Grant's 1864 Overland Campaign from Brandy Station, VA, to Petersburg involved 100,000 men, 40-days, the battles of Second Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, and Cold Harbor, the Army of the Potomac, and a two-to-one casualty margin compared to the Confederates. Coffin weaves together stories of the participating military units, outlines the overall campaign, and gives voice to several hundred personalities on the battlefield and back home, primarily through diaries and letters. The family correspondence gives a glimpse into small-town Vermont life as well as life at the front. |
Contributor Bio(s): Coffin, Howard: - Howard Coffin, former press secretary to U.S. senator Jim Jeffords, is the author of The Battered Stars, Full Duty, Guns Over the Champlain Valley, and Nine Months to Gettysburg. He lives in Montpelier, Vermont. |