Description
By the spring of 1864, the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia had become battle-hardened, battle-weary foes locked in an ongoing stalemate. With the presidential election looming in the fall, President Abraham Lincoln needed to break the deadlock and so brought to the east the unassuming "dust-covered man" who had strung together victory after victory in the west: Ulysses S. Grant.
"Well," said soldiers in the Army of the Potomac with a grudging respect for their Southern adversary, "Grant has never met Bobby Lee yet."
Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant would come to symbolize the armies they led as the spring campaign got underway, and the clash that began in the Virginia Wilderness on May 5, 1864, turned into a long, desperate death-match that inexorably led to Appomattox Court House eleven months later.
The war would come to an end, but at what cost along the way?
Grant vs. Lee: Favorite Stories and Fresh Perspectives from the Historians at Emerging Civil War recounts some of the most famous episodes and most compelling human dramas from the marquee match-up of the Civil War - not just the two most successful commanders produced by either side but the two largest and most fabled armies of the war.
About the Author
Chris Mackowski, Ph.D., is the editor in chief and a co-founder of Emerging Civil War, and he's the managing editor of the Emerging Civil War Series published by Savas Beatie. Chris is a writing professor in the Jandoli School of Communication at St. Bonaventure University, where he also serves as the associate dean for undergraduate programs, and is the historian-in-residence at Stevenson Ridge, a historic property on the Spotsylvania Court House battlefield. Dan Welch is an educator with a public school district in Ohio and seasonal Park Ranger at Gettysburg National Military Park. He received his BA in Instrumental Music Education from Youngstown State University and a MA in Military History with a Civil War Era concentration at American Military University. He is the co-author of The Last Road North: A Guide to the Gettysburg Campaign, 1863, and Ohio at Antietam: The Buckeye State's Sacrifice on America's Bloodiest Day. A contributing member at Emerging Civil War for more than seven years he is the co-editor of the first three volumes of ECW's 10th Anniversary Series. He now serves as associate editor of the renowned Gettysburg Magazine. He resides with his wife, Sarah, in Boardman, Ohio.
Book Information
ISBN 9781611215953
Author Chris Mackowski
Format Hardback
Page Count 312
Imprint Savas Beatie
Publisher Savas Beatie
"Well," said soldiers in the Army of the Potomac with a grudging respect for their Southern adversary, "Grant has never met Bobby Lee yet."
Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant would come to symbolize the armies they led as the spring campaign got underway, and the clash that began in the Virginia Wilderness on May 5, 1864, turned into a long, desperate death-match that inexorably led to Appomattox Court House eleven months later.
The war would come to an end, but at what cost along the way?
Grant vs. Lee: Favorite Stories and Fresh Perspectives from the Historians at Emerging Civil War recounts some of the most famous episodes and most compelling human dramas from the marquee match-up of the Civil War - not just the two most successful commanders produced by either side but the two largest and most fabled armies of the war.
About the Author
Chris Mackowski, Ph.D., is the editor in chief and a co-founder of Emerging Civil War, and he's the managing editor of the Emerging Civil War Series published by Savas Beatie. Chris is a writing professor in the Jandoli School of Communication at St. Bonaventure University, where he also serves as the associate dean for undergraduate programs, and is the historian-in-residence at Stevenson Ridge, a historic property on the Spotsylvania Court House battlefield. Dan Welch is an educator with a public school district in Ohio and seasonal Park Ranger at Gettysburg National Military Park. He received his BA in Instrumental Music Education from Youngstown State University and a MA in Military History with a Civil War Era concentration at American Military University. He is the co-author of The Last Road North: A Guide to the Gettysburg Campaign, 1863, and Ohio at Antietam: The Buckeye State's Sacrifice on America's Bloodiest Day. A contributing member at Emerging Civil War for more than seven years he is the co-editor of the first three volumes of ECW's 10th Anniversary Series. He now serves as associate editor of the renowned Gettysburg Magazine. He resides with his wife, Sarah, in Boardman, Ohio.
Book Information
ISBN 9781611215953
Author Chris Mackowski
Format Hardback
Page Count 312
Imprint Savas Beatie
Publisher Savas Beatie
