The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5-6, 1864

Rhea, Gordon C.

ISBN 10: 0807118737 / ISBN 13: 9780807118733

Published by Louisiana State University Press, USA, 1994

About this Item

512 pages. Index. Maps. "The definitive study of the Wilderness, better than anything published heretofore and certain to stand for decades as teh ultimate authority on the battle." - Robert K. Krick, Chief Historian, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. Clean bright and unmarked but for a few droplets of water to front board. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Lovely copy.

Seller Inventory # 733a5229

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5-6, 1864
• Publisher: Louisiana State University Press, USA
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807118737
• ISBN 13: 9780807118733
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Americana

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Synopsis

Fought in a tangled forest fringing the south bank of the Rapidan River, the Battle of the Wilderness marked the initial engagement in the climactic months of the Civil War in Virginia, and the first encounter between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. In an exciting narrative, Gordon C. Rhea provides the consummate recounting of that conflict of May 5 and 6, 1864, which ended with high casualties on both sides but no clear victor. With its balanced analysis of events and people, command structures and strategies, The Battle of the Wilderness is operational history as it should be written.

About the Author

Gordon C. Rhea is also the author of Carrying the Flag: The Story of Private Charles Whilden, the Confederacy's Most Unlikely Hero; The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern, May 7--12, 1864; To the North Anna River: Grant and Lee, May 13--25, 1864, winner of the Fletcher Pratt Literary Award; and Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee, May 26--June 3, 1864, winner of the Austin Civil War Round Table's Laney Prize; and In the Footsteps of Grant and Lee: The Wilderness through Cold Harbor. He lives in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina.