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Battle of the Wilderness, The (May 5-6 1864)

By: Louisiana State University Press

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Louisiana State University Press)

Last Stocked on 8/18/2024

Product Info

Title
Battle of the Wilderness, The (May 5-6 1864)
Category
Author
Gordon C. Rhea
Publish Year
1994
Pages
512
Dimensions
6.25x9.25x1.75"
NKG Part #
2147839332
Type
Hardcover

Description

Fought in a tangled forest fringing the south bank of the Rapidan River, the Battle of the Wilderness marked the initial engagement in the climactic months of the Civil War in Virginia, and the first encounter between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. In an exciting narrative, Gordon C. Rhea provides the consummate recounting of that conflict of May 5 and 6, 1864, which ended with high casualties on both sides but no clear victor. With its balanced analysis of events and people, command structures and strategies, The Battle of the Wilderness is operational history as it should be written.