Cold Harbor to the Crater : the end of the Overland Campaign /

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Imprint:Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2015]
©2015
Description:1 online resource : illustrations, maps
Language:English
Series:Military campaigns of the Civil War
Military campaigns of the Civil War.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12348993
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Other authors / contributors:Gallagher, Gary W., editor.
Janney, Caroline E., editor.
ISBN:9781469625355
1469625350
9781469625348
1469625342
9781469625331
1469625334
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:Between the end of May and the beginning of August 1864, Lt. Gen. U.S. Grant and Gen. R.E. Lee oversaw the transition between the Overland campaign and what became a gruelling, eight and a half month investment of Petersburg that eventually compelled Confederates to abandon Richmond. Although many historians have marked Grant's crossing of the James on June 12-15 as the close of the campaign, this volume, the tenth in the 'Military Campaigns of the Civil War' series, situates the fighting from Cold Harbor on June 1-3 through the battle of the Crater on July 30 as the last phase of the campaign. Together the ten essays examine strategy and tactics, the performances of key commanders on each side, the campaign's political repercussions, and the experiences of civilians caught in the path of the armies.
Other form:Print version: Cold Harbor to the Crater 9781469625331