Trench Warfare Under Grant & Lee

by Hess, Earl J.

• ISBN13: 9780807831540
• ISBN10: 0807831549
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-09-24
• Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr

Summary

In the study of field fortifications in the Civil War that began withField Armies and Fortifications in the Civil War, Hess turns to the 1864 Overland campaign to cover battles from the Wilderness to Cold Harbor. Drawing on meticulous research in primary sources and careful examination of trench remnants at the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Cold Harbor, and Bermuda Hundred, Hess describes Union and Confederate earthworks and how Grant and Lee used them in this new era of field entrenchments.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xiii
Engineer Assets in the Overland Campaign	p. 1
The Wilderness	p. 19
Spotsylvania, May 8-11	p. 45
The Mule Shoe Salient at Spotsylvania, May 12	p. 65
Spotsylvania, May 13-20	p. 83
Bermuda Hundred	p. 99
North Anna	p. 121
Cold Harbor, May 27-June 2	p. 139
Attack and Siege-Cold Harbor, June 3-7	p. 155
Holding the Trenches at Cold Harbor, June 7-12	p. 179
Conclusion	p. 205
The Design and Construction of Field Fortifications in the Overland Campaign	p. 217
Notes	p. 255
Bibliography	p. 291
Index	p. 305
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