
A Fire in the Wilderness
The First Battle Between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee
John Reeves(Author)
Center Point (Publisher)
Published on 1. October 2021
Book
Hardback
408 pages
978-1-63808-068-8 (ISBN)
Description
At the outset of the Battle of the Wilderness, General Lee's Army of Northern Virginia remained capable of defeating General Grant's Army of the Potomac. But after two days of relentless fighting in dense Virginia woods, Lee was never again able to launch offensive operations against Grant's army. The impenetrable forest and gunfire smoke made it impossible to view the enemy. Officers couldn't even see their own men during the fighting. The incessant gunfire caused the woods to catch fire, resulting in hundreds of men burning to death. The alarming casualties do not begin to convey the horror of this battle, one of the most gruesome in American history.
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Series
Edition
Large type / large print edition
Language
English
Edition type
Large type / large print edition
Product notice
Library binding
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 221 mm
Width: 143 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
595 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-63808-068-8 (9781638080688)
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