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Bloody Spring: Forty Days that Sealed the Confederacy's Fate
Bloody Spring Forty Days that Sealed the Confederacy's Fate Author:Joseph Wheelan In the spring of 1864, Robert E. Lee faced a new adversary: Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant. Named commander of all Union armies in March, Grant quickly went on the offensive against Lee in Virginia. On May 4, Grant?s army struck hard across the Rapidan River into north-central Virginia, with Lee?s army contesting every mile. They fought for... more » forty days until, finally, the Union army crossed the James River and began the siege of Petersburg.
The campaign cost 90,000 men?the largest loss the war had seen. While Grant lost nearly twice as many men as Lee did, he could replace them. Lee could not and would never again mount another major offensive. Lee?s surrender at Appomattox less than a year later was the denouement of the drama begun in those crucial forty days.« less
ISBN-13: 9780306823756 ISBN-10: 0306823756 Publication Date: 3/3/2015 Pages:448 Edition:First Trade Paper Ed Rating: