The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5--6, 1864 by Gordon C. Rhea
By Gordon C. Rhea
Fought in a tangled wooded area fringing the south financial institution of the Rapidan River, the conflict of the barren region marked the preliminary engagement within the climactic months of the Civil battle in Virginia, and the 1st come upon among Ulysses S. furnish and Robert E. Lee. In a thrilling narrative, Gordon C. Rhea presents the consummate recounting of that clash of might five and six, 1864, which ended with excessive casualties on each side yet no transparent victor. With its balanced research of occasions and other people, command buildings and techniques, The conflict of the desolate tract is operational background appropriately written.
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