A Fire in the Wilderness The First Battle Between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee

At the outset of the Battle of the Wilderness, General Lee's Army of Northern Virginia remained capable of defeating General Grant's Army of the Potomac. But after two days of relentless fighting in dense Virginia woods, Lee was never again able to launch offensive operations against Grant's army. The impenetrable forest and gunfire smoke made it impossible to view the enemy. Officers couldn't even see their own men during the fighting. The incessant gunfire caused the woods to catch fire, resulting in hundreds of men burning to death. The alarming casualties do not begin to convey the horror of this battle, one of the most gruesome in American history.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: John Reeves
• Editore: Center point press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 31.10.2021
• Categoria: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Saggistica > Storia > Altro
• EAN: 9781638080688
• ISBN: 978-1-63808-068-8
• Numero di pagine: 500
• Categorie: History - Military / War; HISTORY / Military / United States; HISTORY / United States / 19th Century; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs