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Author:
Selby, John Gregory, 1955- author.
Title:
Meade : the price of command, 1863-1865 / John G. Selby.
Publisher:
The Kent State University Press,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
xiv, 370 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Meade, George Gordon,--1815-1872.
United States.--Army--Biography.
Meade, George Gordon,--1815-1872.
United States.--Army
American Civil War (1861-1865)
Generals--United States--Biography.
United States--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
From Cadiz to Gettysburg: Meade's Life and Career up to the Battle of Gettysburg -- Gettysburg: Test of Command -- The Pursuit of Lee, July 5-14, 1863 -- Fall Frustration: Meade and Lee Spar in Virginia, July-November 1864 -- Winter's Worries: Meade Fights for His Job, December 1863-April 1864 -- New Commander, Same Foe: The Battle of the Wilderness, May 1864 -- Grant Takes Command: The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House, May 1864 -- The "Hammering" Continues: From Spotsylvania to Cold Harbor -- South to Petersburg: The Army Moves South and Begins the Siege of Petersburg-Richmond -- Extending the Line: Richmond-Petersburg Operations, August 1864-March 1865 -- The Defeat of Lee and the End of the Army of the Potomac -- A Major-General in Peacetime, 1865-1872.
Series:
Civil War soldiers and strategies
ISBN:
1606353489
9781606353486
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1017602650
LCCN:
2018008752
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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