Command conflicts in Grant's Overland Campaign : ambition and animosity in the Army of the Potomac /

Command conflicts in Grant's Overland Campaign : ambition and animosity in the Army of the Potomac /

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"This book follows the men of the 5th Corps and the Army of the Potomac through the Wilderness, Spotsylvania and Cold Harbor, with the army condemned to move blindly through enemy territory without the benefit of cavalry scouting or screening"--Provided by publisher

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Diane Monroe
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2013]
Subjects:
Grant, Ulysses S > (Ulysses Simpson), > 1822-1885 > Military leadership.
Grant, Ulysses S > (Ulysses Simpson), > 1822-1885
Grant, Ulysses S > (Ulysses Simpson), > 1822-1885.
United States > Army of the Potomac. > Corps, 5th (1862-1865)
Overland Campaign (Virginia : 1864)
1964
Overland Campaign, Va., 1864
Command of troops
Virginia
Table of Contents:
  • Grant's rise to power
  • Grant the hero: forts Henry and Donelson
  • It takes Buell and Bragg to make Grant look good
  • The Army of the Potomac carries old baggage into the Wilderness
  • The Wilderness
  • On to Spotsylvania
  • Laurel Hill, again and again
  • The 5th Corps at the North Anna and the Totopotomoy
  • Cold Harbor-another tragic muddle
  • Petersburg
  • Grant's rise to power
  • Grant the hero: forts Henry and Donelson -and then there was Shiloh
  • It takes Buell and Bragg to make Grant look good
  • The Army of the Potomac carries old baggage into the Wilderness
  • The Wilderness
  • On to Spotsylvania
  • Spotsylvania: Laurel Hill, again and again
  • The 5th Corps at the North Anna and the Totopotomoy
  • Cold Harbor-another tragic muddle
  • Petersburg

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