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...
| 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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| Series: |
Civil War America (Series)
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| Summary: |
"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 17,500 officers and men from both sides had been killed, wounded, or captured when the fighting ceased. The site of the most intense clashes became forever known as the Bloody Angle. Here, renowned military historian Jeffry D. Wert draws on the personal narratives of Union and Confederate troops who survived the fight to offer a gripping story of Civil War combat at its most difficult"-- |
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| Physical Description: |
xiv, 288 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781469668420 1469668424 |
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