Defeating Lee

by Kreiser, Lawrence A., Jr.

• ISBN13: 9780253006172
• ISBN10: 0253006171
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-12-29
• Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr

Summary

Fair Oaks, the Seven Days, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Cold Harbor, Petersburg -- the list of significant battles fought by the Second Corps, Army of the Potomac, is a long and distinguished one. This absorbing history of the Second Corps follows the unit's creation and rise to prominence, the battles that earned it a reputation for hard fighting, and the legacy its veterans sought to maintain in the years after the Civil War. More than an account of battles, Defeating Lee gets to the heart of what motivated these men, why they fought so hard, and how they sustained a spirited defense of cause and country long after the guns had fallen silent.

Author Biography

Lawrence A. Kreiser, Jr., is Associate Professor of History at Stillman College and author (with Ray B. Browne) of Voices of Civil. War America: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xv
List of Abbreviations	p. xix
Beginnings The Organization of the Second Corps	p. 1
Apprenticeship The Peninsula and Maryland Campaigns	p. 28
Defeat The Fredericksburg Campaign	p. 65
Pinnancle The Winter Encampment of 1863 through the Gettysburg Campaign	p. 93
Rebuildings Bristoe Station to Stevensburg	p. 126
Carnage The Overland Campaign	p. 154
Victory The Petersburg and Appomattox Campaigns	p. 192
Memories The Postwar Era	p. 227
Appendices	p. 257
Notes	p. 289
Bibliography	p. 345
Index	p. 375
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