No Turning Back

T here will be no turning back, said Lt Gen Ulysses S Grant It was May, 1864 The Civil War had dragged into its fourth spring It was time to end things, Grant resolved, once and for all.With the Union Army of the Potomac as his sledge, Grant crossed the Rapidan River, intending to draw the Army of Northern Virginia into one final battle Short of that, he planned to hammer continuously against the armed forces of the enemy and his resources, until by mere attrition, if in no other way, there should be nothing left to him Almost immediately, though, Robert E Lee s Confederates brought Grant to bay in the thick tangle of the Wilderness Rather than retreat, as other army commanders had done in the past, Grant outmaneuvered Lee, swinging left and south.There was, after all, no turning back I intend to fight it out along this line if it takes all summer, Grant vowed And he did from the dark, close woods of the Wilderness to the Muleshoe of Spotsylvania, to the steep banks of the North Anna River, to the desperate charges of Cold Harbor The 1864 Overland Campaign would be a nonstop grind of fighting, maneuvering, and marching, much of it in rain and mud, with casualty lists longer than anything yet seen in the war.In No Turning Back A Guide to the 1864 Overland Campaign, from the Wilderness to Cold Harbor, May 4 June 13, 1864, historians Robert M Dunkerly, Donald C Pfanz, and David R Ruth allow readers to follow in the footsteps of the armies as they grapple across the Virginia landscape Pfanz spent his career as a National Park Service historian on the battlefields where the campaign began Dunkerly and Ruth work on the battlefields where it concluded Few people know the ground, or the campaign, better. Free Read No Turning Back by Robert Dunkerly For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Nice GuideIt keeps things simple while highlighting the important stops that lend clarity to the historical picture I also appreciated the mention of issues that were pressing at the time of this vital part of the struggle, for example he reticence of the soldiers in reaction to Grant, or Lincoln s insistence in retaining him because he fights This was one of the critical segments of Civil War, and one often debated as to its cost in human life Grant was the man and with the resolve and Nice GuideIt keeps things simple while highlighting the important stops that lend clarity to the historical picture I als...

• English
• 27 February 2018
Robert Dunkerly
• Paperback
• 167 pages
• 161121193X
• Robert Dunkerly
• No Turning Back