The Civil War On The River Lines Of Virginia 1862 1864
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The Civil War On The River Lines Of Virginia 1862 1864
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Author : David F. Trask
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
The Civil War On The River Lines Of Virginia 1862 1864 written by David F. Trask and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va., 1863 categories.
This book analyzes and evaluates the struggles between the Union and the Confederacy on the river lines during the Civil War. The bloody engagements on the river lines were the most important battles of the Civil War in the East, far surpassing even the dramatic contests at Antietam and Gettysburg in significance.
History Of The Campaign Of The Army Of Virginia Under John Pope
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Author : George Henry Gordon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1879
History Of The Campaign Of The Army Of Virginia Under John Pope written by George Henry Gordon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1879 with United States categories.
The Army Of Northern Virginia In 1862
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Author : William Allan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1892
The Army Of Northern Virginia In 1862 written by William Allan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1892 with United States categories.
Strike Them A Blow
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Author : Chris Mackowski
language : en
Publisher: Savas Beatie
Release Date : 2015-05-19
Strike Them A Blow 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 2015-05-19 with History categories.
The Civil War historian and author of A Season of Slaughter continues his engaging account of the Overland Campaign in this vivid chronicle. By May of 1864, Federal commander Ulysses S. Grant had resolved to destroy his Confederate adversaries through attrition if by no other means. Meanwhile, his Confederate counterpart, Robert E. Lee, looked for an opportunity to regain the offensive initiative. “We must strike them a blow,” he told his lieutenants. But Grant’s war of attrition began to take its toll in a more insidious way. Both army commanders—exhausted and fighting off illness—began to feel the continuous, merciless grind of combat in very personal ways. Punch-drunk tired, they began to second-guess themselves, missing opportunities and making mistakes. As a result, along the banks of the North Anna River, commanders on both sides brought their armies to the brink of destruction without even knowing it.
The American Civil War In 1864
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Author : Charles River Charles River Editors
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-02-11
The American Civil War In 1864 written by Charles River Charles River Editors and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-11 with categories.
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading With Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia continuing to frustrate the Union Army of the Potomac's attempts to take Richmond in 1862 and 1863, President Lincoln shook things up by turning command of all the armies of the United States to Ulysses S. Grant in March 1864., Lee had won stunning victories at battles like Chancellorsville and Second Bull Run by going on the offensive and taking the strategic initiative, but Grant and Lincoln had no intention of letting him do so anymore. Attaching himself to the Army of the Potomac, Grant ordered Army of the Potomac commander George Meade, "Lee's army is your objective point. Wherever Lee goes, there you will go also." The Battle of the Wilderness was fought so close to where the Battle of Chancellorsville took place a year earlier that soldiers encountered skeletons that had been buried in shallow graves in 1863. Moreover, the woods were so thick that neither side could actually see who they were shooting at, and whole brigades at times got lost in the forest. Both armies sustained heavy casualties while Grant kept attempting to move the fighting to a setting more to his advantage, but the heavy forest made coordinated movements almost impossible. As Lee kept thwarting the Army of the Potomac during the Overland Campaign, Grant eventually refused to attack Lee in frontal assaults, and aware that Lee dared not venture out to counterattack, Grant nearly captured Richmond in mid-June by stealing a march on Lee's army and crossing the James River. The fog of war, poor luck, and a skillful impromptu defense by P.G.T. Beauregard stopped Grant from taking Petersburg, which was a critical railroad hub and supply line for Richmond, before Lee's army could confront, thereby saving the Confederacy for the time being. The two armies began to dig in around Petersburg, and unbeknownst to them they would be there for the next 9 months, constructing elaborate trenches and engaging in the kind of warfare that would be the forerunner of World War I. After successfully breaking the Confederate siege at Chattanooga near the end of 1863, William Tecumseh Sherman united several Union armies in the Western theater for the Atlanta Campaign, forming one of the biggest armies in American history. After detaching troops for essential garrisons and minor operations, Sherman assembled his nearly 100,000 men and in May 1864 began his invasion of Georgia from Chattanooga, Tennessee, where his forces spanned a line roughly 500 miles wide. . Sherman set his sights on the Confederacy's last major industrial city in the West and General Joseph E. Johnston's Army of Tennessee, which aimed to protect it. Atlanta's use to the Confederacy lay in its terminus for three major railroad lines that traveled across the South: the Georgia Railroad, Macon and Western, and the Western & Atlantic. The timing of the invasion was also crucial. Grant's lack of progress during the summer of 1864 ensured that anti-war criticism of the Lincoln Administration continued before the presidential election. It would fall upon Sherman's forces in the West to deliver the necessary victory. Johnston's army of 50,000 found itself confronted by almost double its numbers, and General Johnston began gradually retreating in the face of Sherman's forces, despite repulsing them in initial skirmishes at Resaca and Dalton. In August, Sherman moved his forces west across Atlanta and then south of it, positioning his men to cut off Atlanta's supply lines and railroads. When the Confederate attempts to stop the maneuvering failed, the writing was on the wall. On September 1, 1864, Hood and the Army of Tennessee evacuated Atlanta and torched everything of military value. On September 3, 1864, Sherman famously telegrammed Lincoln, "Atlanta is ours and fairly won."
And Keep Moving On
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Author : Mark Grimsley
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2005-03-01
And Keep Moving On written by Mark Grimsley and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-03-01 with History categories.
When campaigning began anew after the winter of 1863-64, the Battle of Wilderness seemed merely a reprise of earlier struggles, but Grant changed the pattern by refusing to withdraw and instead attacked again and again throughout the summer of 1864. This is the story of the 1864 Virginia campaign.
River Of Lost Opportunities
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Author : Edwin C. Bearss
language : en
Publisher: H E Howard
Release Date : 1995-01-01
River Of Lost Opportunities written by Edwin C. Bearss and has been published by H E Howard this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-01-01 with Confederate States of America categories.
The Civil War Engagement At Cool Spring July 18 1864
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Author : Peter J. Meaney
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
The Civil War Engagement At Cool Spring July 18 1864 written by Peter J. Meaney and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Cool Spring, Battle of, Va., 1864 categories.
Campaigns Of The Civil War The Virginia Campaigns Of 1864 And 1865 By A A Humphreys 1894
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1883
Campaigns Of The Civil War The Virginia Campaigns Of 1864 And 1865 By A A Humphreys 1894 written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1883 with categories.
The Civil War On The Virginia Peninsula
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Author : John V. Quarstein
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 1997
The Civil War On The Virginia Peninsula written by John V. Quarstein and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
The Civil War on the Virginia Peninsula is the first comprehensive pictorial history interpreting the events that occurred on the Virginia Peninsula during the war that forever changed our nation. This volume offers over 200 fascinating images from museums, archives, and private collections throughout America; together they tell powerful stories of valor, leadership, technology, and strategy. Photographers and famous artists alike vividly portrayed soldiers, leaders, and innovations in a compelling manner that brings alive the glory and sadness of the American Civil War. This enthralling visual history chronicles the war's first year, during which the Virginia Peninsula was the focus of Union efforts to capture the Confederate capital 70 miles away at Richmond. Beginning with Union General Benjamin F. Butler's arrival at Fort Monroe in May 1861, until the time of Major General George B. McClellan's pivotal march on Richmond in the spring of 1862, the Virginia Peninsula was the scene of some of the Civil War's most critical events, including the "contraband of war" issue; the Battle of Big Bethel, the war's first land battle; the Monitor-Merrimac engagement, the first battle between ironclad ships; and the Peninsula Campaign.