Decisions at the Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House : the eighteen critical decisions that defined the battles /

The Battles of The Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House were the first two battles of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grants's Overland Campaign. Intended for a general readership, this book endeavors to bring readers face-to-face with the critical impasses and subsequent decisions made by Union and Con...

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Main Author:	Townsend, Dave, 1947- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2020]
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Command decisions in America's Civil War.
Subjects:	Grant, Ulysses S. > (Ulysses Simpson), > 1822-1885 > Military leadership. Lee, Robert E. > (Robert Edward), > 1807-1870 > Military leadership. Overland Campaign, Va., 1864. Wilderness, Battle of the, Va., 1864. Spotsylvania Court House, Battle of, Va., 1864. Tactics > Case studies. Virginia > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns.

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Summary:	The Battles of The Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House were the first two battles of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grants's Overland Campaign. Intended for a general readership, this book endeavors to bring readers face-to-face with the critical impasses and subsequent decisions made by Union and Confederate commanders to determine the outcomes of the Battle of the Wilderness and the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. Townsend provides a guided tour of the battlefields as well.
Physical Description:	xvii, 382 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781621905264 1621905268