The Spotsylvania Campaign

The Spotsylvania Campaign was a crucial period in the protracted confrontation between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee in spring 1864. Approaching the campaign from a variety of perspectives, the contributors to this volume explore questions regarding high command, tactics and strategy, the impact of continuous fighting on officers and soldiers in both armies, and the ways in which some participants chose to remember and interpret the campaign. They offer insight into the decisions and behavior of Lee and of Federal army leaders, the fullest descriptions to date of the horrific fighting at the "Bloody Angle" on May 12, and a revealing look at how Grant used his memoirs to counter Lost Cause interpretations of his actions at Spotsylvania and elsewhere in the Overland Campaign.

The contributors are William A. Blair, Peter S. Carmichael, Gary W. Gallagher, Robert E. L. Krick, Robert K. Krick, William D. Matter, Carol Reardon, and Gordon C. Rhea.

Author: Gary W. Gallagher
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 02/01/2010
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 9.24h x 6.36w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780807871324

About the Author
Gallagher, Gary W.: - Gary W. Gallagher is John L. Nau III Professor of History at the University of Virginia.