A Bloody Day at Gaines' Mill
A Bloody Day at Gaines' Mill

Author: Elmer R. Woodard, III

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2019-01-24

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 1476673578

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In the summer of 1862, two great armies met outside of Richmond in a series of battles that would determine the course of the Civil War. The Union had time, men and materiel on its side, while the Confederates had mobility, esprit de corps and aggressive leadership. Untried General Robert E. Lee was tasked with driving the Yankees from their almost impregnable positions to save Richmond and end the war. Lee planned to isolate part of the Union Army, crush it, and then destroy the only supply base the remaining Federals had. To do so, he had to move thousands of troops hundreds of miles, bringing multiple forces together with intricate timing, all without the Yankees or their spies finding out. The largest and most important of these battles occurred at Gaines' Mill.

A Bloody Day at Gaines' Mill
A Bloody Day at Gaines' Mill

Author: Elmer R. Woodard, III

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2019-01-04

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 1476633428

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In the summer of 1862, two great armies met outside of Richmond in a series of battles that would determine the course of the Civil War. The Union had time, men and materiel on its side, while the Confederates had mobility, esprit de corps and aggressive leadership. Untried General Robert E. Lee was tasked with driving the Yankees from their almost impregnable positions to save Richmond and end the war. Lee planned to isolate part of the Union Army, crush it, and then destroy the only supply base the remaining Federals had. To do so, he had to move thousands of troops hundreds of miles, bringing multiple forces together with intricate timing, all without the Yankees or their spies finding out. The largest and most important of these battles occurred at Gaines' Mill.

The Battle of Glendale
The Battle of Glendale

Author: Jim Stempel

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2014-01-10

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0786485604

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It is commonly accepted that the South could never have won the Civil War. By chronicling perhaps the best of the South's limited opportunities to turn the tide, this provocative study argues that Confederate victory was indeed possible. On June 30, 1862, at a small Virginia crossroads known as Glendale, Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee sliced the retreating Army of the Potomac in two and came remarkably close to destroying their Federal foe. Only a string of command miscues on the part of the Confederates--and a stunning command failure by Stonewall Jackson--enabled the Union army to escape a defeat that day, one that may well have vaulted the South to its independence. Never before or after would the Confederacy come as close to transforming American history as it did at the Battle of Glendale.

Three Years in the Bloody Eleventh
Three Years in the Bloody Eleventh

Author: Joseph Gibbs

Publisher: Penn State Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13: 9780271021669

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A Look Inside The trials & tribulations of one of the Civil War's most battle-tested units.

The War Hits Home
The War Hits Home

Author: Brian Steel Wills

Publisher: University of Virginia Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 9780813920276

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In 1863 Confederate forces confronted the Union garrison at Suffolk Virginia, and an exhausting and deadly campaign followed. Wills (history and philosophy, U. of Virginia-Wise) focuses on how the ordinary people of the region responded to the war. He finds that many remained devoted to the Confederate cause, while others found the demands too difficult and opted in a number of ways not to carry them any longer. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.