Civil War A Want Of Vigilance Bristoe Station Campaign Backus Orrison History

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Narrative Type
Nonfiction
Original Language
English
Intended Audience
Adults
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
ISBN
9781611213003
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Publisher
Savas Beatie
ISBN-10
1611213002
ISBN-13
9781611213003
eBay Product ID (ePID)
220598932

Product Key Features

Book Title
Want of Vigilance : the Bristoe Station Campaign, October 9-19 1863
Number of Pages
Xx, 169 Pages
Language
English
Topic
United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Publication Year
2015
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Author
Robert Orrison, Bill Backus
Book Series
Emerging Civil War Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

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Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2015-029294
Reviews
...an excellent short summary of a complex but often overlooked period of the Civil War. The tactical stalemates of Bristoe and later Mine Run led to the reorganization of the Union war effort in the East and the subsequent Overland Campaign of the Spring and Summer of 1964.|9781611213003|
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"The months after Gettysburg had hardly been quiet--filled with skirmishes, cavalry clashes, and plenty of marching. Nonetheless, Union commander Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade had yet to come to serious blows with his Confederate counterpart, Gen. Robert E. Lee. "Lee is undoubtedly bullying you," one of Meade's superiors goaded. Lee's army--severely bloodied at Gettysburg--did not have quite the offensive capability it once possessed, yet Lee's aggressive nature could not be quelled. He looked for the chance to strike out at Meade. In mid-October, 1863, both men shifted their armies into motion. Each surprised the other. Quickly, Meade found himself racing northward for safety along the Orange & Alexandria Railroad, with Lee charging up the rail line behind him. Last stop: Bristoe Station. Authors Robert Orrison and Bill Backus have worked at the Bristoe Station battlefield, which is now surrounded by one of the fastest-growing parts of Virginia. In A Want of Vigilance, they trace the campaign from the armies' camps around Orange and Culpeper northwest through the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and along the vital railroad--to Centreville and back--in a back-and-forth game of cat and mouse: the "goggle-eyed snapping turtle" versus "the old gray fox" pitted against each other in one of the most overlooked periods of the war.", The months after Gettysburg had hardly been quiet--filled with skirmishes, cavalry clashes, and plenty of marching. Nonetheless, Union commander Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade had yet to come to serious blows with his Confederate counterpart, Gen. Robert E. Lee. Lee's army--severely bloodied at Gettysburg--did not have quite the offensive capability it
LC Classification Number
E475.75.B33 2015

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