Lee's Endangered Left
Richard R. Duncan · 1998
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About the book
In the spring of 1864, Ulysses S. Grant as general-in-chief of the Union armies devised a plan of concerted action to bring down the Confederacy. As part of that strategy, Grant aimed to destroy General Robert E. Lee's supply source for his Army of Northern Virginia in western Virginia and to use military activity there as an extended turning movement to threaten Lee from the west. In this study, Richard R. Duncan offers a riveting overview of these military operations as well as their impact on the civilian population, shedding light on an often overlooked chapter of the Civil War in Virginia. Unlike most other works on the eastern theater, Lee's Endangered Left emphasizes the high price civilians paid for these campaigns. Driven beyond their supply lines, the Federal troops were forced to live off the countryside. The need for food and horses and the Union objective of crippling the South's ability to wage war brought serious losses to Confederate and Unionist civilians alike, reflecting the increasingly destructive nature of the war.
First sentence: As day broke on the morning of April 28, 1864, a galvanized Federal army shattered the calm of the West Virginia countryside.
Book details
- Year
- 1998
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Louisiana State University Press
- Editions
- 2
- Pages
- 346
- ISBN
- 9780807130186
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