Bloody Roads South: The Wilderness to Cold Harbor, May-June 1864 - Softcover

Trudeau, Noah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0449905624 ISBN 13: 9780449905623

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 1990

Synopsis

A detailed account of 40 days of battle during the American Civil War from the Wilderness to Spotsylvania, from North Anna to Cold Harbor. It draws upon diaries, letters, reminiscences, memoirs and regimental histories, and covers the experiences of soldiers, civilians and politicians.

About this title

From Library Journal:

This popularly written account of the initial months of Grant's decisive Virginia campaign against Lee will find a ready audience among Civil War buffs. Done in the episodic, you-are-there style of such writers as Cornelius Ryan, it rests mainly on a host of published first-hand accounts and regimental histories. By 1864 the war in the East had become a test of wills and endurance. How the ordinary soldiers and civilians measured up to that test through 40 days of horrific carnage is the book's main focus. Although devoid of sweeping conclusions and with few notes, the book's presentation of the campaign's strategy and the tactics of individual battles is clear. Excellent for the general reader and libraries of any size.
- Thomas E. Schott, Office of History, Engineering Installation Div., Tinker Air Force Base, Okla.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Publishers Weekly:

Grant's relentless tactics prevented Lee from regaining the strategic initiative in 1864, although the Southern general's defensive operations during May and June of that year are regarded by many as his greatest military accomplishment. "Not a formal campaign study, this is a dramatic account told through the eyes of soldiers, civilians and government leaders," said PW. Illustrated.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0449905624
• ISBN 13: 9780449905623
• Binding: Paperback