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Bloody Roads South: The Wilderness to Cold Harbor, May-June 1864 Paperback – November 1, 2000

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"Nobody has brought together in one volume so many eyewitness accounts from both sides."-Civil War History Winner of the Fletcher Pratt Award In this authoritative chronicle of the great 1864 Overland Campaign in Virginia, Noah Andre Trudeau vividly re-creates the brutal forty days that marked the beginning of the end of the Civil War. In riveting detail Trudeau traces the carnage from the initial battles in Virginia's Wilderness to the gruesome hand-to-hand combat at Spotsylvania's "Bloody Angle," to the ingenious trap laid by Lee at the North Anna River, to the killing ground of Cold Harbor. Through fascinating eyewitness accounts, he relates the human stories behind this epic saga. Common soldiers struggle to find the words to describe the agony of their comrades, incredible tales of individual valor, their own mortality. Also recounting their experiences are the women who nursed these soldiers and black troops who were getting their first taste of battle. The raw vitality of battle sketches by Edwin Forbes and Alfred R. Waud complement the words of the participants. PRAISE FOR THE BOOK "Bloody Roads Southis a powerful and eloquent narrative of the costliest, most violent campaign of the Civil War. Grant vs. Lee in the Wilderness, at Spotsylvania, and at Cold Harbor has never been told better."-Stephen W. Sears, author of The Landscape Turned Red Noah Andre Trudeau is an executive producer for cultural programs at National Public Radio in Washington, D.C. He is the author of Out of the Storm: The End of the Civil War, April-June 1865 and The Last Citadel: Petersburg, Virginia, June 1864-April 1865.

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388 pages
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Louisiana State University Press
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November 1, 2000
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5.98 x 0.86 x 9.02 inches
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0807126446
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978-0807126448
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Louisiana State University Press (November 1, 2000)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 388 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0807126446
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0807126448
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.15 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 0.86 x 9.02 inches

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Leopardtwo

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Aussie Reader

Excellent account of the Wilderness & Cold Harbor

Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 1998

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This first book of Noah Andre Trudeau's trilogy covering the final stages of the Civil War offers an excellent account of the fighting in the Wilderness and at Cold Harbor between May - June 1864. The personal accounts of the soldiers experiences during the fighting are well presented. The action scenes are well written and the book flows along quite well. An enjoyable book to read for anyone interested in this period of time.

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Good book for the price.

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At the youthful age of 55 (a couple of years ago), after NOT reading a Civil War book in my life to that point, I read a book from my small, local library. That did it; I was hooked. Next came Killer Angels, and anything else I could get my hands on. Last May, the wife and I ventured to Gettysburg's hallowed soil. Maybe it is my age that finally lets me appreciate what this Great War meant to our country. Shiloh, Antietam, Fredricksburg, Chancellorsville, G-Burg...amazing stories, incompetency, fatigue, hunger, and bloodshed beyond human comprehension. After three bloody years, with Grant having the war machine to finally end this horrible carnage, the Northern forces took the battle to the South in a series of battles over a two-month period in the ravaged terrain of old Virginia. This book, Bloody Roads South, was an absolute tremendous read as it spelled out the battles and manuevering from both sides of the lines. As soon as I finish Gettysburg, The Second Day, I will be picking this up again to re-fresh my memory of the magnitude of these battles. Grant's casualties were far more than Lee's, but the South's dwindling reserves, supplies and men,eventually, could not overcome these forces.

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A Reader in Virginia

A very good account of a little-known campaign

Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2010

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It is hard to find books on Grant's 1864 campaign against the Army of Northern Virginia, and this book fills the void admirably. The book is very well-written, and it held my attention throughout. I highly recommend this book for anyone who is interested in the American Civil War.

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David Marshall

Purchase this title and you will not beable to put this volume down

Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2017

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Great book, great author and a most enjoyable read.

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