Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee, May 26–June 3, 1864LSU Press, 1 апр. 2007 г. - Всего страниц: 552 Gordon Rhea's gripping fourth volume on the spring 1864 campaign-which pitted Ulysses S. Grant against Robert E. Lee for the first time in the Civil War-vividly re-creates the battles and maneuvers from the stalemate on the North Anna River through the Cold Harbor offensive. Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee, May 26-June 3, 1864 showcases Rhea's tenacious research which elicits stunning new facts from the records of a phase oddly ignored or mythologized by historians. In clear and profuse tactical detail, Rhea tracks the remarkable events of those nine days, giving a surprising new interpretation of the famous battle that left seven thousand Union casualties and only fifteen hundred Confederate dead or wounded. Here, Grant is not a callous butcher, and Lee does not wage a perfect fight. Within the pages of Cold Harbor, Rhea separates fact from fiction in a charged, evocative narrative. He leaves readers under a moonless sky, with Grant pondering the eastward course of the James River fifteen miles south of the encamped armies. |
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Union and Confederate infantry deployments on May 28 | |
Keitts attack against Torbert on morning of June 1 | |
Battle of Ashland | |
JUNE 1 Grant Attacks at Cold Harbor | |
Cold Harbor attack on evening of June 1 | |
JUNE 2 Grant Misses an Opportunity | |
Bethesda Church operations on evening of June 1 | |
Bethesda Church sector on evening of June 2 | |
Hancocks attack formation on morning of June 3 | |
Battle of Haws Shop first stage | |
MAY 29 Grant Searches for | |
Union and Confederate deployments by noon on May 29 | |
Union and Confederate infantry operations on May 30 | |
Battle of Bethesda Church second stage | |
Smiths and Hokes routes to reinforce Grant and | |
Wilsons capture of Hanover Court House on May 31 | |
Wrights attack formation on morning of June 3 | |
JUNE 3 Lee Stalemates Grant Again | |
Burnsides and Warrens attacks on morning of June 3 | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |