Gordon Rhea’s gripping fourth volume on the spring 1864 campaign—which pitted Ulysses S. Grant against Robert E. Lee for the first time in the Civil War—vividly re-creates the battles and maneuvers from the stalemate on the North Anna River through the Cold Harbor offensive. Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee, May 26–June 3, 1864 showcases Rhea’s tenacious research which elicits stunning new facts from the records of a phase oddly ignored or mythologized by historians. In clear and profuse tactical detail, Rhea tracks the remarkable events of those nine days, giving a surprising new interpretation of the famous battle that left seven thousand Union casualties and only fifteen hundred Confederate dead or wounded. Here, Grant is not a callous butcher, and Lee does not wage a perfect fight. Within the pages of Cold Harbor, Rhea separates fact from fiction in a charged, evocative narrative. He leaves readers under a moonless sky, with Grant pondering the eastward course of the James River fifteen miles south of the encamped armies.
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Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee, May 26-June 3, 1864
Gordon Rhea’s gripping fourth volume on the spring 1864 campaign—which pitted Ulysses S. Grant against Robert E. Lee for the first time in the Civil War—vividly re-creates the battles and maneuvers from the stalemate on the North Anna River through the Cold Harbor offensive. Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee, May 26–June 3, 1864 showcases Rhea’s tenacious research which elicits stunning new facts from the records of a phase oddly ignored or mythologized by historians. In clear and profuse tactical detail, Rhea tracks the remarkable events of those nine days, giving a surprising new interpretation of the famous battle that left seven thousand Union casualties and only fifteen hundred Confederate dead or wounded. Here, Grant is not a callous butcher, and Lee does not wage a perfect fight. Within the pages of Cold Harbor, Rhea separates fact from fiction in a charged, evocative narrative. He leaves readers under a moonless sky, with Grant pondering the eastward course of the James River fifteen miles south of the encamped armies.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780807132449 |
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Publisher: | Louisiana State University Press |
Publication date: | 04/01/2007 |
Pages: | 552 |
Sales rank: | 192,319 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.06(d) |
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