Wilderness Campaign: May 1864

by John Cannan

Book Overview

For two days in early May,1864, a dark woodland south of the Rapidan River known as the Wilderness rang with the clamor of battle. The musketry and cheers of the troops of the Confederacy and the Union were deafening as charge gave way to countercharge. Fires erupted which consumed the dead and wounded, filling the air with the stench of burning flesh. The battle of the Wilderness was what many witnesses would describe as "hell on earth." The Wilderness...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00B7N1EVI
• ISBN13: 9780306812156
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"