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The Wilderness Campaign
The Meeting of Grant and Lee
On May 5 and 6, 1864, in a rugged area of tangled woods and brush on the south side of the Rapidan River in Virginia, Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee met for the first time on a Civil War battlefield. The vicious, confused fighting lasted for two days; and though no clear victor emerged, neither conceded defeat, and the death-grapple thus commenced continued for nearly a year. 542 pgs., 25 maps, 5½"x 8¼", sfbd.
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And Keep Moving On
The Virginia Campaign, May-June 1864. Grimsley. Learn how the 1864 presidential election affected the campaign, discover the motivation of soldiers and examine the interconnections among the major battles and raids. "The six-week military campaign that began that May. . . became a legendary duel. By focusing on the Wilderness, Grimsley also takes us into a moment when the Civil War battlefield - if not combat itself - was transformed." - The Washington Post. 336 pages, maps and illustrations, 6¼"x 9", soft cover.
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Battle in the Wilderness
Grant Meets Lee
In the spring of 1864, General U.S. Grant moved his Army of the Potomac across the Rapidan River in an effort to beat the Confederacy, only to be foiled by Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. This vivid history describes the two bloody days of the Battle of the Wilderness - one of the momentous encounters of the Civil War's two greatest generals. 132 pgs. 30 B&W photos and 17 maps, 6"x 9", sfbd.
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The Wilderness Campaign
The eight essays assembled in this book explore aspects of the background, conduct, and repercussions of the fighting in the Wilderness. Through an often-revisionist lens, they focus on topics such as civilian expectations for the campaign, morale in the two armies, and the generalship of Lee, Grant, Philip H. Sheridan, Richard S. Ewell, A. P. Hill, James Longstreet and Lewis A. Grant. 288 pgs., 35 illustrations and 12 maps, 6"x 9¼", hdbd.
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The Battle of the Wilderness
May 5-6, 1864
This exhaustive study not only takes a fresh look at published documents but also examines an extensive body of unpublished material, much of which has never before been brought to bear on the subject. These diaries, memoirs, letters and reports shed new light on several aspects of the campaign, compelling the author to offer a critical new perspective on the overall development of the battle. 520 pgs., 6¼"x 9¼", hdbd.
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Victory Without Triumph
The Wilderness, May 6th & 7th, 1864. Priest. This book details the vicious infantry fighting along the Pack Road, Longstreet's counterstrike against the II Corps, the cavalry operations of both armies near Todd's Tavern, and John B. Gordon's daring assault against the Army of the Potomac's right flank. 350 pgs., 38 maps, 6¼"x 9¼", hdbd.
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