Into the Wilderness with the Army of the Potomac
Description
On May 5, 1864, the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virgina collided in a region of entangled thickets known appropriately as the Wilderness. The two-day battle that followed was one of the bloodiest, most confusing engagements of the Civil War. It also marked the first time during the war that Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee met on the field of battle. This account of that epic struggle takes a soldier's-eye view of the fighting on both sides and follows the shifting tide of battle with admirable clarity. In a new chapter for this revised edition, the author provides a...
ISBN(s)
0253207401, 9780253207401
