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A Bloody Day at Gaines' Mill - Elmer R. Woodard

A Bloody Day at Gaines' Mill

The Battlefield Debut of the Army of Northern Virginia, June 27, 1862
Buch | Softcover
294 Seiten
2019
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7357-8 (ISBN)
CHF 49,95 inkl. MwSt
In the summer of 1862, two great armies met outside of Richmond in a series of battles that would determine the course of the Civil War. The Union had time, men and materiel on its side, while the Confederates had mobility, esprit de corps and aggressive leadership. Untried General Robert E. Lee was tasked with driving the Yankees from their almost impregnable positions to save Richmond.
In the summer of 1862, two great armies met outside of Richmond in a series of battles that would determine the course of the Civil War. The Union had time, men and materiel on its side, while the Confederates had mobility, esprit de corps and aggressive leadership. Untried General Robert E. Lee was tasked with driving the Yankees from their almost impregnable positions to save Richmond and end the war.

Lee planned to isolate part of the Union Army, crush it, and then destroy the only supply base the remaining Federals had. To do so, he had to move thousands of troops hundreds of miles, bringing multiple forces together with intricate timing, all without the Yankees or their spies finding out. The largest and most important of these battles occurred at Gaines' Mill.

Elmer R. Woodard, III is a criminal defense attorney in private practice whose ancestors served with the Currituck Light Cavalry, the 4th North Carolina Cavalry and on the C.S.S. Albemarle. He lives in Blairs, Virginia.

Table of Contents


Acknowledgments

Preface

Prologue: When the Yankees Came

 1. Operation Chickahominy

 2. The Tocsin Sounds

 3. The General and the Private View a Battle

 4. They Were All Cut to Pieces

 5. The Retreat to Gaines’ Mill

 6. Geography

 7. Porter’s Dispositions

 8. If We Whip Them Before Richmond, We Shall Have Peace

 9. I Confess I Did Not Know What Hard Times Were Until I Was Under Jackson

10. A Soldier Feels No Fear While Fighting

11. Then We Got Down to Our Knitting

12. Column After Column Melts Away Like Smoke

13. A Dense Woods and an Ugly Marsh

14. Fixed Bayonets in the Hands of Resolute Men

15. There Is Hot Work on That Hill Yonder

16. The Bullets Whistled Through the Leaves Like Fun

17. We Had Been Pretty Well Pounded Out That Afternoon

18. To the Wall of Death

19. At the Wall of Death

20. Beyond the Wall of Death

21. Respite from the Wall of Death

22. Return of the Wall of Death

23. Conquest of the Wall of Death

24. It Was Death to Stay and Cold Steel Was the Next Thing

25. I Have Got My Fill of Fighting

Afterword

Appendix I: Confederate Order of Battle

Appendix II: Union Order of Battle

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 35 photos, 19 maps, appendices, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort Jefferson, NC
Sprache englisch
Maße 178 x 254 mm
Gewicht 513 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Geschichte / Politik Allgemeines / Lexika
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Allgemeines / Lexika
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Neuzeit (bis 1918)
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Militärgeschichte
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10 1-4766-7357-8 / 1476673578
ISBN-13 978-1-4766-7357-8 / 9781476673578
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