Spotsylvania was a dramatic clash between individual units and a desperate holding action fought by Robert E. Lee as the sands were running out for the Confederacy. This the story of one of the Civil War's most tragic battles and is enhanced by sidebars, specially commissioned maps, and detailed orders of battle and casualty figures based on recent research at the National Archives.
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John Cannan has established a reputation amongh civil War writers in remarkably short time. His distinctions include three books selected by the Military Book Club. He is the author of The Atlanta Campaign, The Wilderness Campaign, and The Spotsylvania Campaign. He is an historic preservation attorney living in Baltimore.
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Ulysses S. Grant came to Washington in early 1864 to take command of all the Union armies, a position attained by becoming the Union's foremost general and greatest hero, with a battle record the included many of the North's most signal victories of the war, such as Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Civil War, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Brock Road, Todd's Tavern, Laurel Hill, New York, Spotsylvania Court House, Mule Shoe, West Point, General Grant, South Carolina, West Angle, Colonel John, First Corps, Shenandoah Valley, United States, Bermuda Hundred, Block House Bridge, North Carolinians, Old Court House, Rhode Island, Mexican War, Piney Branch Church, Second Corps New!
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Ulysses S. Grant came to Washington in early 1864 to take command of all the Union armies, a position attained by becoming the Union's foremost general and greatest hero, with a battle record the included many of the North's most signal victories of the war, such as Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Civil War, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Brock Road, Todd's Tavern, Laurel Hill, New York, Spotsylvania Court House, Mule Shoe, West Point, General Grant, South Carolina, West Angle, Colonel John, First Corps, Shenandoah Valley, United States, Bermuda Hundred, Block House Bridge, North Carolinians, Old Court House, Rhode Island, Mexican War, Piney Branch Church, Second Corps New!
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