The heart of hell the soldiers' struggle for Spotsylvania's Bloody Angle
"The struggle over the fortified Confederate position known as Spotsylvania's Mule Shoe was without parallel during the Civil War. A Union assault that began at 4:30 A.M. on May 12, 1864, sparked brutal combat that lasted nearly twenty-four hours. By the predawn hours of May 13, some 17,50...
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Main Author: | Wert, Jeffry D. (Author) |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2022]
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Civil War America (Series)
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