
A Want of Vigilance
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The months after the Battle of Gettysburg were anything but quiet-filled with skirmishes and cavalry clashes. Nonetheless, Union commander Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade had yet to encounter his Confederate counterpart, Gen. Robert E.Lee, in combat.
Lee's army, severely bloodied at Gettysburg, did not have the offensive capability it once possessed. Yet Lee's aggressive nature could not be quelled, and he looked for the chance to strike out at Meade.
In mid-October, 1863, both men shifted their armies into motion, each surprising the other. Quickly, Meade found himself racing northward for safety along the Orange & Alexandria Railroad, with Lee charging up the rail line behind him.
Last stop: Bristoe Station, Virginia.
In A Want of Vigilance, authors Bill Backus and Robert Orrison trace the battle from the armies' camps around Orange and Culpeper through the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and along the vital railroad-to Centreville and back-in one of the war's most little-known confrontations, pitting the "goggle-eyed snapping turtle" against "the old gray fox."
"An excellent short summary of a complex but often overlooked period of the Civil War. The tactical stalemates of Bristoe and later Mine Run led to the reorganization of the Union war effort in the East and the subsequent Overland Campaign of the Spring and Summer of 1864." - Civil War News
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- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- List of Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Touring the Battlefields
- Foreword
- Prologue
- Chapter One: The Campaign
- Chapter Two: This Month Won't Pass Away Without a Battle
- Chapter Three: "A Wild and Exciting Scene"
- Chapter Four: "Lee is Unquestionably Bullying You"
- Chapter Five: The Battle of Auburn
- Chapter Six: The Approach to Bristoe
- Chapter Seven: The Battle of Bristoe Station
- Chapter Eight: The Battle of Bristoe Station, Part II: "Bury These Poor Men"
- Chapter Nine: The Battle of Buckland Mills
- Conclusion: "We Never Blushed Before"
- Appendix A: "Bury These Poor Men" - Lee and Hill at Bristoe Station
- Appendix B: The Adventure-filled Reconnaissance of the 1st Maine Cavalry
- Appendix C: "Miserable, Miserable Management": The Battles of Rappahannock Station and Kelly's Ford
- Appendix D: "A Handsome Little Fight": The First Battle at Bristoe Station
- Appendix E: Remembering the Fall of '63
- Appendix F: Chronology of Bristoe Station Preservation Efforts
- Order of Battle
- Suggested Reading
- About the Authors
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