TO THE NORTH ANNA RIVER Grant and Lee, May 1325, 1864 Hardcover - 2000
by Gordon C. Rhea
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Rhea looks at the initial campaign between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee between May 13 and 25, 1864--a phase that was critical in the clash between the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia. Rhea charts the generals' every step and misstep in their efforts to outfox each other. 12 halftones. 29 maps.
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- Title TO THE NORTH ANNA RIVER Grant and Lee, May 13–25, 1864
- Author Gordon C. Rhea
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition; First Printing
- Pages 528
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher LSU Press, Baton Rouge
- Date 2000
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # 135542
- ISBN 9780807125359 / 0807125350
- Weight 1.95 lbs (0.88 kg)
- Dimensions 9.36 x 6.46 x 1.45 in (23.77 x 16.41 x 3.68 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1851-1899
- Geographic Orientation: Virginia
- Topical: Civil War
- Library of Congress subjects United States - History - Civil War,, Lee, Robert E
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99050637
- Dewey Decimal Code 973.736
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From the jacket flap
From the bloodstained fields of the Mule Shoe to the North Anna River, with Meadow Bridge, Myers Hill, Harris Farm, Jericho Mills, Ox Ford, and Doswell Farm in between, grueling night marches, desperate attacks, and thundering cavalry charges became the norm for both Grant's and Lee's men. But the real story of May 13-25 lay in the two general's efforts to outfox each other, and Rhea charts their every step and misstep. Realizing that his bludgeoning tactics at the Bloody Angle were ineffective, Grant resorted to a fast-paced assault on Lee's vulnerable points. Lee, outnumbered two to one, abandoned the offensive and concentrated on anticipating Grant's maneuvers and shifting quickly enough to repel them. It was an amazingly equal match of wits that produced a gripping, high-stakes bout of warfare -- a test, ultimately, of improvisation for Lee and of perseverance for Grant.
From unprecedented research into more than 550 published and unpublishedsources, Rhea produces an exciting new take on this overlooked passage in the Civil War. He discovers a surprising similarity in military temperament between Lee and Grant, whom historians traditionally contrast. He also presents the first detailed recounting of Philip Sheridan's dramatic battle to save his cavalry corps in front of Richmond; the story of the novice New York and New England heavy artillerists drawn down from Washington; the specifics of Grant's forlorn attack of May 18 at Spotsylvania Court House; and the full picture of Lee's ingenious inverted V formation on the North Anna. The most accurate, not to mention enthralling, account to date of this next phase in Lee and Grant's opening match, To the North Anna River is a worthy sequel to Rhea's earlier acclaimed works.
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- Booklist, 04/01/2000, Page 0
- Choice, 11/01/2000, Page 596
- Library Journal, 04/01/2000, Page 115
- Publishers Weekly, 05/15/2000, Page 99