Wilderness Campaign

By Edward Steere

Book Overview

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. Though no clear victor emerged, neither conceded defeat, and the death-grapple thus commenced continued for nearly a year. Now available in paperback, Edward Steere's thorough, accurate history, originally published in 1960, was the first full-scale study of the Battle of the Wilderness and remains a principal source on the conflict.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811731278
• ISBN13: 9780811731270
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Length: 542 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Fanstastic Civil War Book

This book on the Battle of the Wilderness, is one of the top two Civil War books I have ever read (Cozzen's Book on Chickamauga "This Terrible Sound" being the other). The maps are detailed but crystal clear, and allow you to totally follow the troop movements described in the book. Steere's writing similarly is detailed but exciting and clear. I've read this book over the years at least five times, and it's time to read it again! More detailed than Rhea's book on the same subject, by the way. Rhea's book is good too, but this one is much better for the hard-core Civil War reader.