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03496aam a2200481 i 4500 001 89A4A6C45D7511ECBD31EEBF27ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211215010111 007 tb 008 210722s2021 meuabcf db 000 0 eng d 010 $a 2021940785 020 $a 1638080682 020 $a 9781638080688 040 $d SILO 043 $a n-us-va $a n-us-va 050 14 $a E476.52 $b R448 2021d 082 04 $a 973.7/36 $2 23 100 1 $a Reeves, John, $d 1962- $e author. 245 12 $a A fire in the wilderness : $b the first battle between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee / $c John Reeves. 250 $a Center Point Large Print edition. 264 1 $a Thorndike, Maine : $b Center Point Large Print, $c 2021. 300 $a 407 pages (large print), 12 pages of plates : $b illustrations, maps, portraits, table ; $c 23 cm. 340 $n large print $2 rdafs. 500 $a Regular print version previously published by: Pegasus Books. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-407) 505 00 $t Fathers and sons. $t Private William Reeves -- $t Confederates on the turnpike -- $t The elephant appears -- $t Raging fire at Saunders Field -- $t Confederates on the Orange Plank Road -- $t Nighttime in the wilderness -- $t Lee to the rear -- $t High noon on the Orange Plank Road -- $t Robert E. Lee's enticing opportunity -- $t Grant's night march -- $t "The great army of the wounded" -- $t The bloody angle -- $t Arlington -- $t Gen. Wadsworth's body -- $t Fathers and sons. 520 $a "In the spring of 1864, President Lincoln feared that he might not be able to save the Union. The Army of the Potomac had performed poorly over the previous two years, and many Northerners were understandably critical of the war effort. Lincoln assumed he'd lose the November election, and he firmly believed a Democratic successor would seek peace immediately, spelling an end to the Union. A Fire in the Wilderness tells the story of that perilous time when the future of the United States depended on the Union Army's success in a desolate forest roughly sixty-five miles from the nation's capital. 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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Lee, Robert E. $q (Robert Edward), $d 1807-1870. 600 10 $a Grant, Ulysses S. $q (Ulysses Simpson), $d 1822-1885. 650 0 $a Wilderness, Battle of the, Va., 1864. 651 0 $a United States $x History $y Civil War, 1861-1865. 650 0 $a Large type books. 941 $a 8 945 $a lpt 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010025514.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20221025011533.0 952 $l GFPE771 $d 20220806012859.0 952 $l XSPE157 $d 20220510010830.0 952 $l TKPE492 $d 20220226010106.0 952 $l VTPD454 $d 20220202021404.0 952 $l XHPD657 $d 20220105021726.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20211215032628.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=89A4A6C45D7511ECBD31EEBF27ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search