A Want of Vigilance: The Bristoe Station Campaign, October 9–19, 1863 - Couverture souple

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Backus, Bill; Orrison, Robert

 
9781611213003: A Want of Vigilance: The Bristoe Station Campaign, October 9–19, 1863
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1611213002 ISBN 13 : 9781611213003
Editeur : Savas Beatie, 2015

Synopsis

"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."

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À propos des auteurs

Rob Orrison and Bill Backus both researched and led the interpretation for the Bristoe Station battlefield. Bill currently works as a historian at a 19th century historic site in Northern Virginia.

Rob Orrison and Bill Backus both researched and led the interpretation for the Bristoe Station battlefield. Rob, a contributor to Emerging Civil War, has been working in the history field for more than 20 years. He currently oversees day-to-day operations of municipal historic site program in Virginia.

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Éditeur
Savas Beatie
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1611213002
ISBN 13 
9781611213003
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
192
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Personne responsable
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