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- catalog abstract ""The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern, May 7-12, 1864 continues Gordon C. Rhea's peerless treatment of the Civil War's clash of titans: Grant's Army of the Potomac versus Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Inlaid with detail, innovative analysis, riveting prose, and an abundance of supporting primary evidence, it is a worthy sequel to Rhea's first, acclaimed work, The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5-6, 1864." "Here Rhea examines the maneuvers and battles from May 7, 1864, when Grant left the Wilderness, through May 12, when his attempt to break Lee's line by frontal assault reached a chilling climax at what is now called the Bloody Angle." "Rhea draws exhaustively upon previously untapped materials - most notably contemporary newspaper accounts and diaries and letters only recently made available - to construct the definitive account of Grant and Lee at Spotsylvania. Here for the first time is a detailed description of the cavalry's role in the campaign, from the grim fighting at Todd's Tavern through Philip Sheridan's Richmond raid and Jeb Stuart is mortal wounding at Yellow Tavern. Here, too, are fresh and challenging interpretations that often contradict conventional wisdom."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10138274.
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description ""The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern, May 7-12, 1864 continues Gordon C. Rhea's peerless treatment of the Civil War's clash of titans: Grant's Army of the Potomac versus Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Inlaid with detail, innovative analysis, riveting prose, and an abundance of supporting primary evidence, it is a worthy sequel to Rhea's first, acclaimed work, The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5-6, 1864." "Here Rhea examines the maneuvers and battles from May 7, 1864, when Grant left the Wilderness, through May 12, when his attempt to break Lee's line by frontal assault reached a chilling climax at what is now called the Bloody Angle." "Rhea draws exhaustively upon previously untapped materials - most notably contemporary newspaper accounts and diaries and letters only recently made available - to construct the definitive account of Grant and Lee at Spotsylvania. Here for the first time is a detailed description of the cavalry's role in the campaign, from the grim fighting at Todd's Tavern through Philip Sheridan's Richmond raid and Jeb Stuart is mortal wounding at Yellow Tavern. Here, too, are fresh and challenging interpretations that often contradict conventional wisdom."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [421]-450) and index.".
- catalog description "May 7, 1864: Grant and Lee skirmish in the Wilderness and at Todd's Tavern -- May 8: the armies meet at Laurel Hill -- May 9: Grant and Lee shift for position, and Sheridan starts South -- May 10: Grant feels for openings at the Po and Laurel Hill -- May 10: Grant attacks across Lee's line -- May 11: a cavalryman dies, and Grant prepares to attack again -- May 12: Grant captures the slient -- May 12: the armies reach stalemate at the bloody angle -- Appendix: the order of battle.".
- catalog extent "xii, 483 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0807121363 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baton Rouge, La. : Louisiana State University Press,".
- catalog subject "973.7/36 21".
- catalog subject "E476.52 .R46 1997".
- catalog subject "Spotsylvania Court House, Battle of, Va., 1864.".
- catalog subject "Stuart, Jeb, 1833-1864.".
- catalog tableOfContents "May 7, 1864: Grant and Lee skirmish in the Wilderness and at Todd's Tavern -- May 8: the armies meet at Laurel Hill -- May 9: Grant and Lee shift for position, and Sheridan starts South -- May 10: Grant feels for openings at the Po and Laurel Hill -- May 10: Grant attacks across Lee's line -- May 11: a cavalryman dies, and Grant prepares to attack again -- May 12: Grant captures the slient -- May 12: the armies reach stalemate at the bloody angle -- Appendix: the order of battle.".
- catalog title "The battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the road to Yellow Tavern, May 7-12, 1864 / Gordon C. Rhea.".
- catalog type "text".