In the Footsteps of Grant and Lee: The Wilderness Through Cold Harbor

by Gordon C. Rhea and Gordon C. Rhea Esq.

Book Overview

In early May 1864, Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant initiated a drive through central Virginia to crush Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. For forty days, the armies fought a grinding campaign from the Rapidan River to the James River that helped decide the course of the Civil War. Several of the war's bloodiest engagements occurred in this brief period: the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, the North Anna River, Totopotomoy...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807132691
• ISBN13: 9780807132692
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 11.8" x 10.2"