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010 $a 2007009466
020 $a9780807831540 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0807831549 (cloth : alk. paper)
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035 $a(OCoLC)85898935
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100 1 $aHess, Earl J.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82220587
245 10 $aTrench warfare under Grant & Lee :$bfield fortifications in the Overland Campaign /$cEarl J. Hess.
246 3 $aTrench warfare under Grant and Lee
260 $aChapel Hill :$bUniversity of North Carolina Press,$c[2007], ©2007.
300 $axviii, 313 pages :$billustrations, plans ;$c25 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aCivil War America
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 291-303) and index.
520 1 $a"Continuing the study of field fortifications he began in Field Armies and Fortifications in the Civil War, Earl J. Hess turns to the 1864 Overland campaign in this volume, which covers battles from the Wilderness to Cold Harbor. Trench warfare began in earnest and became an important part of tactical operations during this phase of the war in Virginia." "Drawing on research in primary sources and careful examination of trench remnants at the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Cold Harbor, and Bermuda Hundred, Hess describes Union and Confederate earthworks and how Grant and Lee used them in this new era of field entrenchments." "The heavy reliance on entrenchments by both armies in the Overland campaign represents a historic shift in the use of fieldworks in Western military history. This shift was driven by Grant's relentless attacks against Lee, not the widespread use of rifle muskets, as historians have previously argued. Entrenchments kept the contending armies within striking distance of each other and compelled the soldiers to dig in for self-protection. As Grant pressed forward despite suffering massive casualties, he seized control of the strategic initiative and retained it for the rest of the war in the eastern theater." "Bolstered by rare, historic photographs and new detailed maps of the trench remnants, this book constitutes the second installment of a three-volume study of field fortifications in the eastern campaigns."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aOverland Campaign, Va., 1864.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2005008097
651 0 $aVirginia$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xTrench warfare.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xTrench warfare.
650 0 $aFortification, Field$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aFortification$zVirginia$xHistory$y19th century.
651 0 $aUnited States$xDefenses$xHistory$y19th century.
651 0 $aConfederate States of America$xDefenses$xHistory.
600 10 $aGrant, Ulysses S.$q(Ulysses Simpson),$d1822-1885$xMilitary leadership.
600 10 $aLee, Robert E.$q(Robert Edward),$d1807-1870$xMilitary leadership.
830 0 $aCivil War America.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0713/2007009466.html
852 00 $boff,glx$hE476.52$i.H475 2007