The Battered Stars - One State's Civil War Ordeal During Grant's Overland Campaign

Grant's 1864 Overland Campaign from Brandy Station, VA, to Petersburg involved 100,000 men, 40-days, the battles of Second Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, and Cold Harbor, the Army of the Potomac, and a two-to-one casualty margin compared to the Confederates. Coffin weaves together stories of the participating military units, outlines the overall campaign, and gives voice to several hundred personalities on the battlefield and back home, primarily through diaries and letters. The family correspondence gives a glimpse into small-town Vermont life as well as life at the front.

About the author

Howard Coffin, former press secretary to U.S. senator Jim Jeffords, is the author of The Battered Stars, Full Duty, Guns Over the Champlain Valley, and Nine Months to Gettysburg. He lives in Montpelier, Vermont.

Product details

• Authors: Howard Coffin
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.01.2010
• EAN: 9780881504873
• ISBN: 978-0-88150-487-3
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 33 mm
• Weight: 769 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Northeastern & North Atlantic States, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), Southeastern & South Atlantic States, c 1860 to c 1869, Civil wars, American Civil War, US South: South Atlantic States, US Northeast, HISTORY / Military / Early Modern Warfare (1500-1800)