Glory enough for all : Sheridan's second raid and the Battle of Trevilian Station / Eric J. Wittenberg ; foreword by Gordon C. Rhea.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wittenberg, Eric J., 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trevilian Station, Battle of, Va., 1864.

Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888.

Sheridan, Philip Henry.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 391 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, plans ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Brassey's, 2001.

Summary:

After the ferocious fighting at Cold Harbor, Virginia, in June 1864, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ordered his cavalry, commanded by Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, to distract the Confederate forces opposing the Army of the Potomac. Glory Enough fir All chronicles the battle that resulted when the Confederate cavalry pursued and caught their Union foes at Trevilian Station, Virginia -- perhaps the only truly decisive cavalry battle of the Civil War.

Contents:

1 The Union and Confederate Cavalry Forces and the Strategy Underlying the June 1864 Trevilian Raid 1

2 The Road to Trevilian Station 37

3 First Shots: Torbert and Butler Open the Action 69

4 Custer's First Last Stand: The Fight for Hampton's Wagons 97

5 Union Breakthrough along the Railroad 133

6 A Long Night on the Battlefield and a Morning of Destruction along the Virginia Central Railroad 167

7 Sheridan Is Repulsed at the Bloody Angle: The Second Day of the Battle of Trevilian Station 183

8 Sheridan's Retreat to White House Landing from Trevilian Station 215

9 The March from White House Landing to the James River 249

10 The Battle of Samaria Church and the End of the Trevilian Raid 263

11 An Assessment of the Trevilian Raid and the Battle of Trevilian Station 301

Appendix A Order of the Battle 331

Appendix B Union Strengths and Losses at the Battle of Trevilian Station, June 11, 1864 337

Appendix C Union Strengths and Losses at the Battle of Trevilian Station, June 12, 1864 341

Appendix D Confederate Strengths and Losses at the Battle of Trevilian Station 343.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-368) and index.

ISBN:

1574883534

OCLC:

45784301