The Spotsylvania Campaign
by Gary W. Gallagher (Editor)
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The Spotsylvania Campaign was a crucial period in the protracted confrontation between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee in spring 1864. Approaching the campaign from a variety of perspectives, the contributors to this volume explore questions regarding high command, tactics and strategy, the impact of continuous fighting on officers and soldiers in both armies, and the ways in which some participants chose to remember and interpret the campaign. They offer insight into the decisions and show more behavior of Lee and of Federal army leaders, the fullest descriptions to date of the horrific fighting at show lessTags
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Gary W Gallagher is a civil war historian with a special interest in the military aspects of the war. He is the author or co-author of several books including Lee and His Generals in War and Memory and The Confederate War. He has also served as President of the Association of Preservation of Civil War sites. He is a professor of history at the show more University of Virginia. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Spotsylvania Campaign
- People/Characters
- Ulysses S. Grant; Robert E. Lee
- Important places
- Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia, USA; Virginia, USA
- Important events
- American Civil War (1861 | 1865)
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
