The battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the road to Yellow Tavern, May 7-12, 1864
History Book Club Dual Main Selection, Winner of Landry Award
Description
The second volume in Gordon C. Rhea's peerless five-book series on the Civil War's 1864 Overland Campaign abounds with Rhea's signature detail, innovative analysis, and riveting prose. Here Rhea examines the maneuvers and battles from May 7, 1864, when Grant left the Wilderness, through May 12, when his attempt to break Lee's line by frontal assault reached a chilling climax at what is now called the Bloody Angle. Drawing exhaustively upon previously untapped materials, Rhea challenges conventional wisdom about this violent clash of titans to construct the ultimate account of Grant and Lee at Spotsylvania.
Source: Google BooksCritical Acclaim
The most cogent analysis ever written on this confused and often misunderstood campaign.
Source: Blue and GreyNo one will ever write about the 1864 Virginia campaign with the same clarity, drama, and perceptiveness of Rhea.
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