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No Turning Back

A Guide to the 1864 Overland Campaign, from the Wilderness to Cold Harbor, May 4 - June 13, 1864

By: Robert M. Dunkerly,Donald C. Pfanz,David R. Ruth

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No Turning Back

A Guide to the 1864 Overland Campaign, from the Wilderness to Cold Harbor, May 4 - June 13, 1864

By: Robert M. Dunkerly,Donald C. Pfanz,David R. Ruth

“[T]here will be no turning back,” said Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. It was May, 1864. The Civil War had dragged into its fourth spring. It was time to end things, Grant resolved, once and for all. With the Union Army of the Potomac as his sledge, Grant crossed the Rapidan River, intending to draw the Army of Northern Virginia into one final battle. Short of that, he planned “to hammer continuously against the armed forces of the enemy and his resources, until by mere attrition, if in no other way, there should be nothing left to him . . . .” Almost immediately, though, Robert E. Lee’s Confederates brought Grant to bay in the thick tangle of the Wilderness. Rather than retreat, as other army commanders had done in the past, Grant outmaneuvered Lee, swinging left and south. There was, after all, no turning back. “I intend to fight it out along this line if it takes all summer,” Grant vowed. And he did: from the dark, close woods of the Wilderness to the Muleshoe of Spotsylvania, to the steep banks of the North Anna River, to the desperate charges of Cold Harbor. The 1864 Overland Campaign would be a nonstop grind of fighting, maneuvering, and marching, much of it in rain and mud, with casualty lists longer than anything yet seen in the war. In No Turning Back: A Guide to the 1864 Overland Campaign, from the Wilderness to Cold Harbor, May 4 - June 13, 1864, historians Robert M. Dunkerly, Donald C. Pfanz, and David R. Ruth allow readers to follow in the footsteps of the armies as they grapple across the Virginia landscape. Pfanz spent his career as a National Park Service historian on the battlefields where the campaign began; Dunkerly and Ruth work on the battlefields where it concluded. Few people know the ground, or the campaign, better.

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1611211948

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Richard S. Ewell

A Soldier's Life

By: Donald C. Pfanz

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Richard S. Ewell

A Soldier's Life

By: Donald C. Pfanz

General Richard Stoddert Ewell holds a unique place in the history of the Army of Northern Virginia. For four months Ewell was Stonewall Jackson's most trusted subordinate; when Jackson died, Ewell took command of the Second Corps, leading it at Gettysburg, the Wilderness, and Spotsylvania Court House. In this biography, Donald Pfanz presents the most detailed portrait yet of the man sometimes referred to as Stonewall Jackson's right arm. Drawing on a rich array of previously untapped original source materials, Pfanz concludes that Ewell was a highly competent general, whose successes on the battlefield far outweighed his failures. But Pfanz's book is more than a military biography. It also examines Ewell's life before and after the Civil War, including his years at West Point, his service in the Mexican War, his experiences as a dragoon officer in Arizona and New Mexico, and his postwar career as a planter in Mississippi and Tennessee. In all, Pfanz offers an exceptionally detailed portrait of one of the South's most important leaders.

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807888524

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9780807888520

Where Valor Proudly Sleeps

A History of Fredericksburg National Cemetery, 1866–1933

By: Donald C Pfanz

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Where Valor Proudly Sleeps

A History of Fredericksburg National Cemetery, 1866–1933

By: Donald C Pfanz

Many books discuss in great detail what happened during Civil War battles. This is one of the few that investigate what happened to the remains of those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Where Valor Proudly Sleeps explores a battle’s immediate and long-term aftermath by focusing on Fredericksburg National Cemetery, one of the largest cemeteries created by the U.S. government after the Civil War. Pfanz shows how legislation created the National Cemetery System and describes how the Burial Corps identified, collected, and interred soldier remains as well as how veterans, their wives, and their children also came to rest in national cemeteries. By sharing the stories of the Fredericksburg National Cemetery, its workers, and those buried there, Pfanz explains how the cemetery evolved into its current form, a place of beauty and reflection.

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SIU Press

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0809336464

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Lincoln

By: David Herbert Donald

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Lincoln

By: David Herbert Donald

A masterful work by Pulitzer Prize–winning author David Herbert Donald, Lincoln is a stunning portrait of Abraham Lincoln’s life and presidency. Donald brilliantly depicts Lincoln’s gradual ascent from humble beginnings in rural Kentucky to the ever-expanding political circles in Illinois, and finally to the presidency of a country divided by civil war. Donald goes beyond biography, illuminating the gradual development of Lincoln’s character, chronicling his tremendous capacity for evolution and growth, thus illustrating what made it possible for a man so inexperienced and so unprepared for the presidency to become a great moral leader. In the most troubled of times, here was a man who led the country out of slavery and preserved a shattered Union—in short, one of the greatest presidents this country has ever seen.

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Simon and Schuster

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1439126283

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Richard S. Ewell

A Soldier's Life

By: Donald C. Pfanz

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A Soldier's Life

By: Donald C. Pfanz

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No Turning Back

A Guide to the 1864 Overland Campaign, from the Wilderness to Cold Harbor, May 4 - June 13, 1864

By: Robert M. Dunkerly,Donald C. Pfanz,David R. Ruth

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A Guide to the 1864 Overland Campaign, from the Wilderness to Cold Harbor, May 4 - June 13, 1864

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Where Valor Proudly Sleeps

A History of Fredericksburg National Cemetery, 1866–1933

By: Donald C Pfanz

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A History of Fredericksburg National Cemetery, 1866–1933

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The Civil War Up Close

Thousands of Curious, Obscure, and Fascinating Facts about the War America Could Never Win

By: Donald Cartmell

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The Civil War Up Close

Thousands of Curious, Obscure, and Fascinating Facts about the War America Could Never Win

By: Donald Cartmell

Presents a collection of essays, facts, and theories about the Civil War including the best and worse generals, the most influential battles, important military and political decisions by both Lincoln and Davis, and much more.

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0760778108

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With My Face to the Enemy

Perspectives on the Civil War : Essays

By: David Herbert Donald

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With My Face to the Enemy

Perspectives on the Civil War : Essays

By: David Herbert Donald

A collection of essays on the Civil War written by various scholars including James McPherson, Stephen Sears, and Gary Gallagher.

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0425184587

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War So Terrible

A Popular History of the Battle of Fredericksburg

By: Donald C. Pfanz

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War So Terrible

A Popular History of the Battle of Fredericksburg

By: Donald C. Pfanz

A rich and compelling picture of the people and events in Fredericksburg, Virginia, in December 1862.

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0970436718

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