Wilderness Campaign May 1864

In May 1864, the Wilderness, a forbidding woodland south of the Rapidan River in Virginia, became the site of one of the concluding struggles of the Civil War, a contest of strategy, tactics and will between the finest generals of either side: Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee.

John Cannan has established a reputation amongh civil War writers in remarkably short time. His distinctions include three books selected by the Military Book Club. He is the author of The Atlanta Campaign, The Wilderness Campaign, and The Spotsylvania Campaign. He is an historic preservation attorney living in Baltimore.

Preface to the Series

9

(11)

Introduction

11

(4)

The Worst Time of Year to Take a Journey

15

(20)

Enlightened War

35

(28)

The Wilderness

63

(24)

Grant Attacks

87

(16)

Battle on the Turnpike

103

(16)

``Men Dropped Like the Leaves of Autumn''

119

(18)

Night of the Battle

137

(14)

Up Came Longstreet

151

(16)

Confederate Offensive

167

(28)

Crisis on the Federal Right

195

(10)

``There Will Be No Turning Back''

205

(12)

Guide for the Interested Reader

217

(6)

Order of Battle

223

(14)

Index

237

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Wilderness Campaign May 1864

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