Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac: A Critical History of Operations in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, from the Commencement to the Close of the War

William Swinton

C.B. Richardson, 1866 - United States - 640 pages

Contents

• Page: 11
• I: 13
• II: 26
• III: 40
• THE ARMY BEFORE WASHINGTON: 60
• THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN 66 99: 66
• Confederate Strategy on the Chickahominy and in the Valley: 121
• VI: 194
• VII: 230
• VIII: 267
• Page THE GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN: 308
• Manœuvres to Disengage Hooker: 312
• Hookers Retrograde Movement: 316
• Across the Border: 320
• V Concentration on Gettysburg: 324
• GettysburgFirst Day 828: 328
• GettysburgSecond Day 842: 356
• The Confederate Retreat: 366
• A CAMPAIGN OF MANŒUVRES: 373
• The Flank March on Centreville: 376
• Mine Run: 390
• The Army in Winterquarters: 398
• GRANTS OVERLAND CAMPAIGN: 402
• The Battle of the Wilderness: 413
• The Lines of Spottsylvania: 440
• Cooperative Movements on the James and in the Shenandoah Val ley: 460
• From Spottsylvania to the Chickahominy: 470
• The Battle of Cold Harbor: 481
• Observations on the Overland Campaign: 489
• THE SIEGE OF PETERSBURG: 497
• The Army before Petersburg: 507
• The Lines of Petersburg: 515
• The Mine Fiasco: 518
• Lees Diversion: 525
• Summer and Autumn Operations against Petersburg and Richmond: 529
• Observations on the Siege of Petersburg: 550
• Sheridans Operations in the Valley: 554
• THE FINAL CAMPAIGN: 565
• Lees Initiative: 573
• The Armies Unleashed: 578
• Five Forks and Petersburg: 596
• The Retreat and Pursuit: 604
• Ultimo Suspiro: 614

Bibliographic information

• Title: Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac: A Critical History of Operations in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, from the Commencement to the Close of the War; Online access with subscription: JISC Historical Texts
• Author: William Swinton
• Publisher: C.B. Richardson, 1866
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Sep 19, 2008
• Length: 640 pages