The Battle of Glendale: Robert E. Lee's Lost Opportunity

by Douglas Crenshaw

Book Overview

By late June 1862, the Union army, under George B. McClellan, stood at the doorstep of Richmond. In a desperate hour for the Confederate capital, Robert E. Lee attacked McClellan and drove the Union army into a full retreat toward the safety of the James River. Lee recognized an opportunity to seal a decisive victory and commanded his Army of Northern Virginia to prevent the Union forces from retreating. A.P. Hill, James Longstreet and Stonewall Jackson...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1626198926
• ISBN13: 9781626198920
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"