Campaigning with Grant (Collector's library of the Civil War) - Hardcover

Porter, Horace

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0809442019 ISBN 13: 9780809442010

Publisher: Time-Life Books, 1981

Synopsis

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1897. Excerpt: ... INDEX Aiken's Landing, Va.,visltor8 from Wash- ington to, 305 Alabama, proposed movement by Thom- as and Wilson into, 386 "Alabama," the, fight with the Ktar- sarge, 254, 265 "Alabama claims, the, 409 Alabama River, proposed military oper- ations on the, 287 Alexandria, Va., Schofield moves to, 387 Alsop house, Va., Grant's headquarters near, 92 Ambulance, as a ladles' pleasure-car- riage, 413, 414 Amelia Court-house, Va., Lee at, 454; Lee retreats from, 456 American volunteers, not mercenaries, 322 Ames, Maj.-gen. Adelbert, in Fort Fisher expeditions, 362, 370 Anderson, Lieut.-gen. Richard H., suc- eeeds to Longstreet's command, 81; narrow escape from capturing Grant, 81; marches to Spottsylvania Court- house, 86; engagement with Warren and Sedgwick, 87; sent to Cold Harbor, 162 Anderson's Mill, Va., military move- ments near, 136 Anecdotes, the geometric excellence of, 220. For various anecdotes see the names ot the narrators or their sub- jects. Annapolis, Md., Burnside ordered to Virginia from, 36; plans for Scholleld to rendezvous at, 387 Antietam, Md.. the President's dream before the battle of, 497 Appomattox Court-house, Va., the sur- render at. compared with that at York- town, 461; Grant moves to, 467, 468; the surrender at, 469 et seq., 484, 488, 489, 491, 603, 513; the " famous apple-tree," 470; McLean's house, 471 et seq.; Mc- Lean's removal from Bull Run to, 488 Appomattox River, the, military move- ments on, 78, 99, 189, 194, 201, 205, 206, 211, 234, 447, 457, 458, 462 Appomattox Station, Va., capture of Lee's trains at, 482 Armstrong's Mill, Va., military opera- tions at, 311 Army, the, its officers as boatmen, 413; effects of wet weather on, 427,428 Army of Georgia, the, in grand review at Washington, 510, 511 Army of Northern Virginia, the, con- of the Potomac, fro...

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About the Author

Brooks D. Simpson is a professor of history at Arizona State University. He is the author of several books, including Gettysburg: A Battlefield Guide, also available in a Bison Books edition.

Edition details

• Publisher: Time-Life Books
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0809442019
• ISBN 13: 9780809442010
• Binding: Leather Bound
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 546