Overview
A unique and compelling examination of the Civil War's turning point-forty crucial days in the spring of 1864 that turned the tide for the Union 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 forty days until, finally, the Union army crossed the James River and began the siege of Petersburg. The campaign cost ninety thousand 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.
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Author: Joseph Wheelan ,
Professor Grover Gardner
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Imprint: Blackstone Audiobooks
Edition: Library ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 17.30cm
, Height: 3.00cm
, Length: 15.50cm
Weight: 0.363kg
ISBN: 9781482973679
ISBN 10: 1482973677
Publication Date: 29 April 2014
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
"Joseph Wheelan has delivered an exciting and crisply written biography. -- ""Wall Street Journal on Terrible Swift Sword"" The author of Terrible Swift Sword: The Life of Philip H. Sheridan and other works about the Civil War returns with a tactic-by-tactic, blow-by-blow account of the sanguinary actions between the forces of Ulysses Grant and Robert E. Lee near the end of the war...Well-researched and -argued-a text that Civil War scholars and buffs will consume with glee. -- ""Kirkus Reviews"""
Joseph Wheelan has delivered an exciting and crisply written biography. -- Wall Street Journal on Terrible Swift Sword The author of Terrible Swift Sword: The Life of Philip H. Sheridan and other works about the Civil War returns with a tactic-by-tactic, blow-by-blow account of the sanguinary actions between the forces of Ulysses Grant and Robert E. Lee near the end of the war...Well-researched and -argued-a text that Civil War scholars and buffs will consume with glee. -- Kirkus Reviews
Author Information
Joseph Wheelan, a graduate of the University of Wyoming and University of Colorado at Denver, is the author of several books, including the highly acclaimed Terrible Swift Sword and Jefferson's War. Before turning to writing books full time, he was a reporter and editor for the Associated Press for twenty-four years, where he also wrote about the Korean War. Grover Gardner is an award-winning narrator with over eight hundred titles to his credit. Named one of the Best Voices of the Century and a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine, he has won three prestigious Audie Awards, was chosen Narrator of the Year for 2005 by Publishers Weekly, and has earned more than thirty Earphones Awards.
