The Wilderness Campaign

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In the spring of 1864 in the vast scrub forest that spread south from Virginia s Rapidan and Rappahannock Rivers, Ulysses S Grant and Robert E Lee met in battle for the first time The Wilderness campaign of May 5 6 initiated an epic confrontation between these two commanders one that would finally end, eleven months later, with Lee s surrender at Appomattox The contributors to this volume bring modern scholarship and fresh insight to bear on the issues and leaders of the Wilderness campaign Their essays explore the campaign s background, for example, by training an often revisionist lens on expectations among civilians in the North and South, morale among officers and soldiers in both armies, and the strategic plans of Lee and Grant Other essays assess the shaky performances of Union cavalry leaders Philip H Sheridan and James Harrison Wilson, the controversial actions of Confederate corp commanders Richard S Ewell and A P Hill, and the often overlooked service of Lewis A Grant and his Vermont Brigade Finally, two of the most famous elements of the fighting in the Wilderness the Lee to the Rear episode and James Longstreet s flank attack are reconstructed in impressive detail. Download The Wilderness Campaign by Gary W. Gallagher – kino-fada.fr In some respects the battle of the Wilderness was the most remarkable of the civil war, comments Brig Gen Lewis Grant, Commander, 2nd Vermont Brigade Gallagher s collection of essays does a great job of capturing the important elements of this battle These include an excellent discussion of Longstreet s flank attack which might have carried the battle for the Confederates had Longstreet not been wounded just after , a defense of the leadership of A.P Hill and Richard Ewell and a balanced In some respects the battle of the Wilderness was the most remarkable of the civil war, comments Brig Gen Lewis Grant, Commander, 2nd Vermont Brigade Gallagher s collection of essays does a great job of ...Like the other books in Mr Gallagher s series, I personally like most of the essays, the ones that re examined specific aspects of the battle, such as A.P Hill s and Richard Ewell s performances However, other essays such as Robert E.L Krick s essay on Longstreet s flank attack si...Not necessarily written for the reader wanting an overview of the Wilderness battle Collection of interesting essays addressing specifics of the battle and the mood of the North and South leading up to campaign in the spring of 1864.

The Wilderness Campaign
  • English
  • 09 January 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 304 pages
  • 0807823341
  • Gary W. Gallagher
  • The Wilderness Campaign