If it Takes All Summer: The Battle of Spotsylvania

William D. Matter

UNC Press Books, 1988 - History - 455 pages

The termination of the war and the fate of the Union hung in the balance in May of 1864 as Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Potomac clashed in the Virginia countryside--first in the battle of the Wilderness, whe

Contents

• Feel with Your Pickets: 9
• Make All Preparations: 22
• The Enemy Came Yelling As Only They Could: 34
• Press On and Clear This Road: 44
• Our Advance Is Now at Spotsylvania Court House: 71
• Went in Rough and Tumble: 83
• Thrust and Parry 911 May: 97
• Couldnt Hit an Elephant: 99
• If You Can Hold Your Position Do So: 124
• It Is Ordered That We Attack: 131
• The First Gun Ever Lost by the Second Corps: 141
• One of the Classic Infantry Attacks: 156
• The Enemy Are Preparing to Retreat: 170
• Thunder in the Morning 12 May: 181
• General the Line Is Broken: 183
• If You Will Promise Me I Will Go Back: 208
• See That Your Orders Are Executed: 223
• If It Should Be My Luck to Come House: 244
• NorthSouth Becomes EastWest 1321 May: 269
• Difficult Things Are Being Attempted: 271
• The Army Is in the Best of Sprits: 296
• The Artillery Fired at the Whole Dd Lot: 315
• If It Takes All Summer: 342
• Order of Battle: 351
• Sheridan versus Meade: 367
• The Oak Stump of Spotsylvania: 373
• Notes: 375
• Bibliography: 417
• Index: 435

Bibliographic information

• Title: If it Takes All Summer: The Battle of Spotsylvania; Civil War America Series
• Author: William D. Matter
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: UNC Press Books, 1988
• ISBN: 0807817813, 9780807817810
• Length: 455 pages
• Subjects: History / Military / General; History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877); History / United States / General