Cold Harbor to the Crater: The End of the Overland Campaign

Book Overview

Between the end of May and the beginning of August 1864, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Robert E. Lee oversaw the transition between the Overland campaign--a remarkable saga of maneuvering and brutal combat--and what became a grueling siege of Petersburg that many months later compelled Confederates to abandon Richmond. Although many historians have marked Grant's crossing of the James River on June 12-15 as the close of the Overland campaign,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469625334
• ISBN13: 9781469625331
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.6"