Trench warfare under Grant and Lee
Subtitle: field fortifications in the Overland Campaign
By: Earl J. Hess.
Series: Civil War America
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9780807831540
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. -- 1822-1885 -- Military leadership; Lee, Robert E. -- 1807-1870 -- Military leadership; Overland Campaign, Va., 1864; Fortification, Field -- History -- 19th century; Fortification -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century; Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Trench warfare; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Trench warfare; United States -- Defenses -- History -- 19th century; Confederate States of America -- Defenses -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Engineer assets in the Overland Campaign; title: The Wilderness; title: Spotsylvania, May 8-11; title: The Mule Shoe Salient at Spotsylvania, May 12; title: Spotsylvania, May 13-20; title: Bermuda Hundred; title: North Anna; title: Cold Harbor, May 27-June 2; title: Attack and siege; title: Cold Harbor, June 3-7; title: Holding the trenches at Cold Harbor, June 7-12; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix: The design and construction of field fortifications in the Overland Campaign.