Campaigns of the Civil War

THE OVERLAND CAMPAIGN, 4 MAY–15 JUNE 1864

THE OVERLAND CAMPAIGN, 4 MAY–15 JUNE 1864

David W. Hogan Jr.

U.S. Army Campaigns of the Civil War
CMH Pub 75-12, Paper
2014; 76 pages, tables, maps, illustrations, further readings

GPO S/N: 008-029-00571-9

In the spring of 1864, the Civil War's two legendary military leaders, Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee, confronted each other on the battlefield for the first time. Part of the U.S. Army's commemorative series of the Civil War, The Overland Campaign, 4 May–15 June 1864, by David W. Hogan, Jr. tells the story of the clash of these two titans through the burning scrub brush of the Wilderness, the bitter struggle for the Bloody Angle at Spotsylvania Court House, the cavalry encounter at Yellow Tavern, the maneuvering along the North Anna River, and the tragedy of Cold Harbor. It also provides analysis in light of the latest scholarship. This brochure includes eight maps and twenty-two illustrations.

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