| Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern, May 7-12, 1864 Contributor(s): Rhea, Gordon C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807130672 ISBN-13: 9780807130674 Publisher: LSU Press OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2005 Annotation: The second volume in Gordon C. Rhea's peerless five-book series on the Civil War's 1864 Overland Campaign abounds with Rhea's signature detail, innovative analysis, and riveting prose. Here Rhea examines the maneuvers and battles from May 7, 1864, when Grant left the Wilderness, through May 12, when his attempt to break Lee's line by frontal assault reached a chilling climax at what is now called the Bloody Angle. Drawing exhaustively upon previously untapped materials, Rhea challenges conventional wisdom about this violent clash of titans to construct the ultimate account of Grant and Lee at Spotsylvania. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | Military - General |
| Dewey: 973.736 |
| LCCN: 9649575 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.50 lbs) 504 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Geographic Orientation - Virginia - Topical - Civil War - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
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| Publisher Description: The second volume in Gordon C. Rhea's peerless five-book series on the Civil War's 1864 Overland Campaign abounds with Rhea's signature detail, innovative analysis, and riveting prose. Here Rhea examines the maneuvers and battles from May 7, 1864, when Grant left the Wilderness, through May 12, when his attempt to break Lee's line by frontal assault reached a chilling climax at what is now called the Bloody Angle. Drawing exhaustively upon previously untapped materials, Rhea challenges conventional wisdom about this violent clash of titans to construct the ultimate account of Grant and Lee at Spotsylvania. |