The Battle Of The Wilderness

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The Battle Of The Wilderness

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Author : Dan Abnett
language : en
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Release Date : 2006-08-15

The Battle Of The Wilderness written by Dan Abnett and has been published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-08-15 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.

This May 1864 confrontation in the dense thickets of The Wilderness in Virginia became one of the war’s most gruesome battlegrounds. Opposing armies found themselves fighting in the heavy growth of trees and shrubs as the area became a fiery inferno. With movement limited by the dense growth, soldiers were trapped in the blazing fire, thousands perishing in the intense blaze.

The Battle Of The Wilderness May 5 6 1864

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Author : Gordon C. Rhea
language : en
Publisher: LSU Press
Release Date : 2004-09-01

The Battle Of The Wilderness May 5 6 1864 written by Gordon C. Rhea and has been published by LSU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-09-01 with History categories.

Fought in a tangled forest fringing the south bank of the Rapidan River, the Battle of the Wilderness marked the initial engagement in the climactic months of the Civil War in Virginia, and the first encounter between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. In an exciting narrative, Gordon C. Rhea provides the consummate recounting of that conflict of May 5 and 6, 1864, which ended with high casualties on both sides but no clear victor. With its balanced analysis of events and people, command structures and strategies, The Battle of the Wilderness is operational history as it should be written.

Hell Itself

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Author : Chris Mackowski
language : en
Publisher: Savas Beatie
Release Date : 2016-05-01

Hell Itself written by Chris Mackowski and has been published by Savas Beatie this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-01 with History categories.

A Civil War historian recounts the first battle between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee—a bloody and horrifying conflict in the Wilderness of Virginia. Known simply as the Wilderness, soldiers called the seventy square miles of dense Virginian forest one of the “waste places of nature” and “a region of gloom.” Yet here, in the spring of 1864, the Civil War escalated to a new level of horror. Ulysses S. Grant, commanding all Federal armies, opened the Overland Campaign with a vow to never turn back. Robert E. Lee, commanding the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, moved into the Wilderness to block Grant’s advance. Thick underbrush made for difficult movement and low visibility. And these challenges were terrifyingly compounded by the outbreak of fires that burned casualties and left both sided blinded in a sea of smoke. Driven by desperation, duty, confusion, and fire, soldiers on both sides marveled that anyone might make it out alive. “This, viewed as a battleground, was simply infernal,” a Union soldier later said. Another called it “Hell itself.”

The Battle Of The Wilderness

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Author : Morris Schaff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1910

The Battle Of The Wilderness written by Morris Schaff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1910 with History categories.

The Battle Of The Wilderness

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1864

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The Wilderness Campaign

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Author : Gary W. Gallagher
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2012-01-01

The Wilderness Campaign written by Gary W. Gallagher and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-01 with History categories.

In the spring of 1864, in the vast Virginia scrub forest known as the Wilderness, Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee first met in battle. The Wilderness campaign of May 5-6 initiated an epic confrontation between these two Civil War commanders--one that would finally end, eleven months later, with Lee's surrender at Appomattox. The eight essays here assembled explore aspects of the background, conduct, and repercussions of the fighting in the Wilderness. Through an often-revisionist lens, contributors to this volume focus on topics such as civilian expectations for the campaign, morale in the two armies, and the generalship of Lee, Grant, Philip H. Sheridan, Richard S. Ewell, A. P. Hill, James Longstreet, and Lewis A. Grant. Taken together, these essays revise and enhance existing work on the battle, highlighting ways in which the military and nonmilitary spheres of war intersected in the Wilderness. The contributors: --Peter S. Carmichael, 'Escaping the Shadow of Gettysburg: Richard S. Ewell and Ambrose Powell Hill at the Wilderness' --Gary W. Gallagher, 'Our Hearts Are Full of Hope: The Army of Northern Virginia in the Spring of 1864' --John J. Hennessy, 'I Dread the Spring: The Army of the Potomac Prepares for the Overland Campaign' --Robert E. L. Krick, 'Like a Duck on a June Bug: James Longstreet's Flank Attack, May 6, 1864' --Robert K. Krick, ''Lee to the Rear,' the Texans Cried' --Carol Reardon, 'The Other Grant: Lewis A. Grant and the Vermont Brigade in the Battle of the Wilderness' --Gordon C. Rhea, 'Union Cavalry in the Wilderness: The Education of Philip H. Sheridan and James H. Wilson' --Brooks D. Simpson, 'Great Expectations: Ulysses S. Grant, the Northern Press, and the Opening of the Wilderness Campaign'

The Battle Of The Wilderness In Myth And Memory

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Author : Adam Petty
language : en
Publisher: LSU Press
Release Date : 2019-08-14

The Battle Of The Wilderness In Myth And Memory written by Adam Petty and has been published by LSU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-14 with History categories.

In this highly revisionist study, historian Adam H. Petty tracks how veterans and historians of the Civil War created and perpetuated myths about the Wilderness, a forest in Virginia that served as the backdrop for three of the war’s most interesting campaigns. This forest had a fearsome reputation among soldiers, especially those from Union armies; many believed it to be an exceptional landscape with a menacing mystique that created favorable combat conditions for Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. According to Petty, the mythology surrounding the campaigns in the Wilderness began to take shape during the war but truly blossomed in the postwar years, continuing into the present. Those myths, he suggests, confounded accurate understandings of how the physical environment influenced combat and military operations. While the Wilderness did create difficult combat conditions, Petty refutes claims that it was unique and favored the Confederates. Unlike previous studies of the Wilderness, this work does not focus on a single battle or campaign. Instead, Petty explores all the major clashes there—Chancellorsville, Mine Run, and the battle of the Wilderness—which allows Petty to observe changes over time, especially regarding the attitudes and actions of generals and soldiers. Yet Petty’s study is not a narrative history of the campaigns. Instead, he reconsiders traditional interpretations surrounding the nature of the Wilderness and how it affected military operations and combat. His work analyzes not only the interaction between military campaigns and environment but also how the memory of that interaction evolved into the myth we know today.

Battle Of The Wilderness

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Author : Konrad Kellen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-11-01

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A Study Of The Battle Of The Wilderness 5 6 May 1864

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Author : William Henry Waldron
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1911

A Study Of The Battle Of The Wilderness 5 6 May 1864 written by William Henry Waldron and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1911 with Wilderness, Battle of the, Va., 1864 categories.

The Wilderness Campaign

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Author : Edward Steere
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1960

The Wilderness Campaign written by Edward Steere and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1960 with Wilderness, Battle of the, Va., 1864 categories.