A bloody day at Gaines' Mill : the battlefield debut of the Army of Northern Virginia, June 27, 1862 / Elmer R. Woodard III.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woodard, Elmer R., 1961- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia--History.

Confederate States of America.

Gaines' Mill, Battle of, Va., 1862.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 pages)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2019.

Summary:

"In the summer of 1862, two great armies met outside of Richmond in a series of battles that would determine the course of the Civil War. The Union had time, men and materiel on its side, while the Confederates had mobility, esprit de corps and aggressive leadership. The largest, most important of these battles occurred at Gaines' Mill"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prologue: When the Yankees came

Operation Chickahominy

The tocsin sounds

The general and the private view a battle

They were all cut to pieces

The retreat to Gaines' Mill

Geography

Porter's dispositions

If we whip them before Richmond, we shall have peace

I confess I did not know what hard times were until I was under Jackson

A soldier feels no fear while fighting

Then we got down to our knitting

Column after column melts way like smoke

A dense woods and an ugly marsh

Fixed bayonets in the hands of resolute men

There is hot work on that hill yonder

The bullets whistled through the leaves like fun

We had been pretty well pounded out that afternoon

To the wall of death

At the wall of death

Beyond the wall of death

Respite from the wall of death

Return of the wall of death

Conquest of the wall of death

It was death to stay and cold steel was the next thing

I have got my fill of fighting

Afterword.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-3342-8