The Civil War in the East
Subtitle: struggle, stalemate, and victory
By: Brooks D. Simpson
Series: Reflections on the Civil War era
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
ISBN-13: 9780275991616; 9780313082771
Subjects: Campaigns; Military History; History
Description: "Brooks D. Simpson's The Civil War in the East [discusses] the strategies employed by the Union and Confederacy in the East, offering a more integrated interpretation of military operations that shows how politics, public perception, geography, and logistics shaped the course of the military operations in the East"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: July 21, 1861; title: The theater of war; title: Presidents and generals; title: Audacity and anxiety; title: Blood along the Rappahannock; title: Gettysburg : the stalemate continues; title: Grant takes command; title: To Appomattox; title: Afterword.