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Author:

Hess, Earl J.

Title:

Trench warfare under Grant & Lee : field fortifications in the Overland Campaign / Earl J. Hess.

Publisher:

University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xviii, 313 p. : ill., plans ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Overland Campaign, Va., 1864.
Virginia--Trench warfare.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Trench warfare.
United States--Trench warfare.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Trench warfare.
Fortification, Field--History--19th century.
Fortification--Virginia--History--19th century.
United States--History--History--19th century.
Confederate States of America--History.--History.
Grant, Ulysses S.--(Ulysses Simpson),--1822-1885--Military leadership.
Lee, Robert E.--(Robert Edward),--1807-1870--Military leadership.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-303) and index.

Contents:

Engineer assets in the Overland Campaign -- The Wilderness -- Spotsylvania, May 8-11 -- The Mule Shoe Salient at Spotsylvania, May 12 -- Spotsylvania, May 13-20 -- Bermuda Hundred -- North Anna -- Cold Harbor, May 27-June 2 -- Attack and siege--Cold Harbor, June 3-7 -- Holding the trenches at Cold Harbor, June 7-12 -- Conclusion -- Appendix: The design and construction of field fortifications in the Overland Campaign.

Series:

Civil War America

ISBN:

0807831549 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780807831540 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)85898935

LCCN:

2007009466

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)