Defeating Lee
Subtitle: a history of the Second Corps, Army of the Potomac
By: Lawrence A. Kreiser, Jr
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 387
ISBN-13: 9780253356161
Description: Near the end of the Civil War, Major General Winfield Scott Hancock, commander of the Union's Second Corps, assured his men that their battlefield sacrifices would not be forgotten. But much of the Second Corps' history and accomplishments have suffered neglect, until now. Defeating Lee takes an analytical approach to the history of the Corps. It follows the unit from its creation and rise to prominence, through the battles that earned it a reputation for hard fighting, and finally to the efforts of its veterans to maintain its legacy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Beginnings : the organization of the Second Corps; title: Apprenticeship : the Peninsula and Maryland Campaigns; title: Defeat : the Fredericksburg Campaign; title: Pinnacle : the winter encampment of 1863 through the Gettysburg Campaign; title: Rebuilding : Bristoe Station to Stevensburg; title: Carnage : the Overland Campaign; title: Victory : the Petersburg and Appomattox Campaigns; title: Memories : the postwar era.