The wilderness campaign : military campaigns of the Civil War
Gary W. Gallagher, Gary W Gallagher (Editor)
In the spring of 1864, in the vast Virginia scrub forest known as the Wilderness, Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee first met in battle. The Wilderness campaign of May 5-6 initiated an epic confrontation between these two Civil War commanders--one that would finally end, eleven months later, with Lee's surrender at Appomattox. The eight essays here assembled explore aspects of the background, conduct, and repercussions of the fighting in the Wilderness. Through an often-revisionist lens, contributors to this volume focus on topics such as civilian expectations for the campaign, m
eBook, English, 1997
University of North Carolina Press, The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1997