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Bloody Spring: Forty Days That Sealed the Confederacy's Fate
By: Joseph Wheelan
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ISBN: 9780306823756 Publisher: The Perseus Books Group
Year of publishing: 2015 Format: Paperback / softback
No of Pages: 448 pp Language: English
In the spring of 1864, Robert E. Lee faced a new adversary: Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant. Named commander of all Union armies in March, Grant quickly went on the offensive against Lee in Virginia....Read more
In the spring of 1864, Robert E. Lee faced a new adversary: Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant. Named commander of all Union armies in March, Grant quickly went on the offensive against Lee in Virginia. On May 4, Grant's army struck hard across the Rapidan River into north-central Virginia, with Lee's army contesting every mile. They fought for forty days until, finally, the Union army crossed the James River and began the siege of Petersburg. The campaign cost 90,000 men--the largest loss the war had seen. While Grant lost nearly twice as many men as Lee did, he could replace them. Lee could not and would never again mount another major offensive. Lee's surrender at Appomattox less than a year later was the denouement of the drama begun in those crucial forty days.
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About the author: Joseph Wheelan
Review:[Wheelan's] prose fairly gallops across the page."-Wall Street Journal "Well-written, diligently researched, and highly readable"-Seattle Times "Well-researched and argued--a text that Civil War...Read more
[Wheelan's] prose fairly gallops across the page."-Wall Street Journal "Well-written, diligently researched, and highly readable"-Seattle Times "Well-researched and argued--a text that Civil War scholars and buffs will consume with glee."--Kirkus Reviews "Entertaining and informative"--Roanoke Times "In clear, concise, journalistic prose, filled with energetic verbs and colorful adjectives, Wheelan vividly recreates those critical days that permanently turned the tide of the war in the East. [The author's] rock-solid research and instructive anecdotes put events and personalities into a context that brings clarity to the bloodiest spring of the war."--Civil War Roundtable of Washington, DC
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