Lee's Last Campaign: The Story of Lee and His Men Against Grant--1864By May 1864, General Robert E. Lee had been transformed from a young soldier into a gray-haired patriarch of the Confederate cause. As Lee struggled to keep his ragged soldiers alive, he faced pressure from two fronts. Grant's Union Army not only had superior numbers, but a steadfast infra-structure or railroads and industrialized supply routes. "Lee's Last Campaign" is a triumph of historic research and elegant writing. In this essential analysis of General Lee's military strategy, Dowdey follows the triumphs and tragedies of the Army of Northern Virginia as it breathed its last gasps at the end of the Civil War. |
Contents
The Weight of Empire | 3 |
There Will Be Nothing Left for Us to Live for | 34 |
The Army Was Put in Motion Today | 61 |
Copyright | |
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Lee's Last Campaign: The Story of Lee and His Men Against Grant, 1864 Clifford Dowdey Limited preview - 1993 |
Lee's Last Campaign: The Story of Lee and His Men Against Grant-1864 Clifford Dowdey Limited preview - 2011 |
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A. P. Hill action Anderson Army of Northern artillery assault attack battle Beauregard began Bermuda Hundred Bragg Braxton Bragg brigade Brock Road Butler campaign cavalry Cold Harbor Colonel commander in chief Confederate corps commander crossing D. H. Hill Davis Davis's defense Dick Anderson division commander Drewry's Bluff Early's enemy enemy's Ewell Ewell's field fighting fire flank force Ford front Gettysburg Gordon Grant Grant's army guns Hancock headquarters Heth Heth's Hoke Hoke's horse infantry Jackson James River Jubal Early Kershaw Lee's army Longstreet maneuver Meade's ment miles military morning move movement night North Anna North Carolina Northern Virginia numbers o'clock Petersburg Pickett Plank Road Potomac railroad regiments reported Richmond rode Second Corps sent Sheridan side soldiers Spotsylvania staff officers Stonewall Stonewall Jackson Third Corps thousand tion troopers troops Turnpike units veterans VI Corps Warren's West Wilcox Wilderness woods