Grant Vs. Lee: The Graphic History of the Civil War's Greatest Rivals During the Last Year of the War

Grant Vs. Lee: The Graphic History of the Civil War's Greatest Rivals During the Last Year of the War
ISBN-10
1939581788
ISBN-13
9781939581785
Category
Juvenile Nonfiction
Pages
104
Language
English
Published
2015-08
Publisher
Zenith Press - Quarto Library

Description

"Grant vs. Lee" tells the dramatic story of the final year of the Civil War in Virginia--a bloody and unyielding fight for both sides--through the eyes of the two greatest Civil War generals: the North's Ulysses S. Grant and the South's Robert E. Lee. The long and violent campaigns that took place from 1864-1865 (Grant's Overland Campaign, Petersburg Campaign, and the Appomattox Campaign) represent the beginning of modern warfare. A few years into the war, both sides employed seasoned and hardened soldiers who looked past the Victorian sensibilities of the gentleman soldier and understood that there would be no falling back. By the end of the year, both sides built trenches and mounted attacks to break each other's lines and came to a stalemate into the winter. Grant's forces had superior numbers and supplies, and by March 1865, he pushed Lee's army out of the trenches at Petersburg and took Richmond, the Confederate Capital. Lee's dwindling forces retreated west, looking for food and other Southern forces to help continue the fight. After a bitter final battle at Sayler's Creek, Lee's army was surrounded by Union forces at Appomattox Court House. On April 9, 1865, Lee surrendered to Grant and the Civil War was over. Beautifully illustrated and vastly researched, "Grant vs. Lee" is a dramatic and informative introduction to a pivotal year in American history.

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