The Wilderness campaign
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Bibliographic Information
The Wilderness campaign
（Military campaigns of the Civil War）
University of North Carolina Press, c1997
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-267) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This work talks about the inaugural encounter between Grant and Lee. The Wilderness campaign of May 5 - 6, 1864, initiated an epic confrontation between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee that would ultimately end, eleven months later, with Lee's surrender at Appomattox. The eight essays assembled here explore aspects of the background, conduct, and repercussions of the fighting in the Wilderness. Contributors to this volume revise and enhance our thinking on the battle, highlighting ways in which the military and non-military spheres of war intersected in the Wilderness.
Table of Contents
- Escaping the Shadow of Gettysburg - Richard S. Ewell and Ambrose Powell Hill at the Wilderness, Peter S. Carmichael
- Our Hearts Are Full of Hope - the Army of Northern Virginia in the Spring of 1864, Gary W. Gallagher
- I Dread the Spring - the Army of the Potomac Prepares for the Overland Campaign, John J. Hennessy
- Like a Duck on a June Bug - James Longstreet's Flank Attack, May 6, 1864, Robert E.L. Krick
- "Lee to the Rear", the Texans Cried, Robert K. Krick
- The Other Grant - Lewis A. Grant and the Vermont Brigade in the Battle of the Wilderness, Carol Reardon
- Union Cavalry in the Wilderness - the Education of Philip H. Sheridan and James H. Wilson, Gordon C. Rhea
- Great Expectations - Ulysses S. Grant, the Northern Press and the Opening of the Wilderness Campaign, Brooks D. Simpson.
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