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Trench warfare under Grant & Lee : field fortifications in the Overland Campaign /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hess, Earl J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2007]
Subjects:
Fortification > Virginia > History > 19th century.
Fortification, Field > History > 19th century.
Overland Campaign, Va., 1864.
Confederate States of America > Defenses > History.
United States > Defenses > History > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Trench warfare.
Virginia > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Trench warfare.
Lee, Robert E. > (Robert Edward), > 1807-1870 > Military leadership.
Grant, Ulysses S. > (Ulysses Simpson), > 1822-1885 > Military leadership.
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Table of Contents:
  • Engineer assets in the Overland Campaign
  • The Wilderness
  • Spotsylvania, May 8-11
  • The Mule Shoe Salient at Spotsylvania, May 12
  • Spotsylvania, May 13-20
  • Bermuda Hundred
  • North Anna
  • Cold Harbor, May 27-June 2
  • Attack and siege--Cold Harbor, June 3-7
  • Holding the trenches at Cold Harbor, June 7-12
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: The design and construction of field fortifications in the Overland Campaign.