Trench Warfare Under Grant and Lee : Field Fortifications in the Overland Campaign
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| Title: | Trench Warfare Under Grant and Lee : Field Fortifications in the Overland Campaign |
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| Description: | Earl J.Hess's study of armies and fortifications turns to the 1864 Overland Campaign to cover battles from the Wilderness to Cold Harbor. Drawing on meticulous research in primary sources and careful examination of battlefields at the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Bermuda Hundred, and Cold Harbor,, Hess analyzes Union and Confederate movements and tactics and the new way Grant and Lee employed entrenchments in an evolving style of battle. Hess argues that Grant's relentless and pressing attacks kept the armies always within striking distance, compelling soldiers to dig in for protection. |
| Authors: | Earl J. Hess |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Overland Campaign, Va., 1864, Fortification, Field--History--19th century, Fortification--History--19th century.--Virgi |
| Categories: | HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / Military / United States |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Earl J.Hess's study of armies and fortifications turns to the 1864 Overland Campaign to cover battles from the Wilderness to Cold Harbor. Drawing on meticulous research in primary sources and careful examination of battlefields at the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Bermuda Hundred, and Cold Harbor,, Hess analyzes Union and Confederate movements and tactics and the new way Grant and Lee employed entrenchments in an evolving style of battle. Hess argues that Grant's relentless and pressing attacks kept the armies always within striking distance, compelling soldiers to dig in for protection. |
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| ISBN: | 9780807831540 9781469609942 9781469603292 9798893132816 |
