Decisions at the Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House
Subtitle: The Eighteen Critical Decisions That Defined the Battles
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Published: 2020
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9781621905264
Subjects: Grant, ulysses s. (ulysses simpson), 1822-1885; Lee, robert e. (robert edward), 1807-1870; Wilderness, battle of the, va., 1864; Spotsylvania county (va.); Tactics; Virginia, history, civil war, 1861-1865
Description: "The Battles of The Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House were the first two battles of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grants's Overland Campaign. Intended for a general readership, this book endeavors to bring readers face-to-face with the critical impasses and subsequent decisions made by Union and Confederate commanders to determine the outcomes of the Battle of the Wilderness and the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. Townsend provides a guided tour of the battlefields as well."