Title: Lee's endangered left : the Civil War in western Virginia, spring of 1864 /
Authors: Duncan, Richard R.; Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University. Libraries)
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Lee, Robert E.; Virginia History; West Virginia History
Abstract: In the spring of 1864, Ulysses S. Grant as general-in-chief of the Union armies devised a plan of concerted action to bring down the Confederacy. As part of that strategy, Grant aimed to destroy General Robert E. Lee's supply source for his Army of Northern Virginia in western Virginia and to use military activity there as an extended turning movement to threaten Lee from the west. In this study, Richard R. Duncan offers a riveting overview of these military operations as well as their impact on the civilian population, shedding light on an often overlooked chapter of the Civil War in Virginia.
Contents: Preparation for battle -- The Dublin raid -- The valley -- Valley of humiliation -- Hunter takes command -- Piedmont -- Staunton, at last! -- On to Lynchburg -- Debacle.