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Command conflicts in Grant's Overland Campaign : ambition and animosity in the Army of the Potomac / Diane Monroe Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Diane Monroe.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885.
- Overland Campaign, Va., 1864.
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885--Military leadership.
- Grant, Ulysses S.
- United States. Army of the Potomac. Corps, 5th (1862-1865).
- United States.
- Command of troops.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 248 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2013]
- Summary:
- "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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786468171
- 0786468173
- OCLC:
- 796760326
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