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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Bibliographic Details
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.

Table of Contents:

Before the battles
The Battle of The Wilderness
Transition to Spotsylvania Court House
The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Conclusion
Appendix I. Battlefield guide to the critical decisions at the Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House
Appendix II. Union order of battle
Appendix II. Confederate order of battle.