Title: Field armies & fortifications in the Civil War : the Eastern campaigns, 1861-1864 /
Authors: Hess, Earl J.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press,
Year: 2005
Subjects: United States. History.; Confederate States of America. History.; Fortification, Field History; Fortification East (U.S.) History; Historic sites East (U.S.); United States History Campaigns.; United States Defenses History; Confederate States of America Defenses History.; East (U.S.) History, Military
Abstract: "The eastern campaigns of the Civil War involved the widespread use of field fortifications, from Big Bethel and the Peninsula to Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Charleston, and Mine Run. While many of these fortifications were meant to last only as long as the battle and often were not detailed in official records, Earl J. Hess argues that their history is deeply significant. Even before the onset of trench warfare at the Wilderness in May 1864, the Civil War saw more use of fieldworks than did any previous conflict in Western history."
Contents: Engineering war -- On to Richmond -- Western Virginia and Eastern North Carolina -- The Peninsula -- From Seven Pines to the Seven Days -- Second Manassas, Antietam, and the Maryland Campaign -- Fredericksburg -- Chancellorsville -- Goldsborough, New Bern, Washington, and Suffolk -- Gettysburg and Lee's Pennsylvania campaign -- Charleston -- The reduction of Battery Wagner -- From Bristoe Station to the fall of Plymouth.