"Recounts the climactic year-long grapple between the Civil War's two foremost generals--Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. A classic campaign history."--Brooks D. Simpson Most people still view the final, bloody confrontation between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee as a relentless grinding away of the Army of Northern Virginia in a continuous battle of attrition, attributing Grant's victory not to his generalship but to his overwhelming superiority in numbers. General Andrew A. Humphreys (1810-1883), chief of staff of the Army of the Potomac and later the fiery commander of the Second Corps, provides readers with a far more enlightened understanding in The Virginia Campaign, 1864 and 1865. Humphreys was known for his high military scholarship, conspicuous courage, and remarkable coolness in combat. Joshua Chamberlain hailed him as "the accomplished, heroic soldier, the noble and modest man." Humphreys led troops in action at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg; by war's end he was still fighting, blocking Lee's retreating columns and helping to hem in the Confederates at Appomattox. In The Virginia Campaign, Humphreys examines the strategy, battles, and consequences from the detached perspective of a historian intimately acquainted with his material. Especially valuable is his clear dissection of alternative plans of campaign. For readers seeking concise accounts of, and insightful analyses into, the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, and Cold Harbor, the siege of Petersburg, the capture of Richmond, and the surrender of Lee's army, this volume in the landmark Campaigns of the Civil War series more than fulfills the requirements. Introduction by Brooks D. Simpson

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Humphreys, Andrew A.

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The Virginia Campaign Of '64 And '65: The Army Of The Potomac And The Army Of The James

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Virginia Campaign of 1864 and 1865 (Campaigns of the Civil War)

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From Gettysburg to the Rapidan. The Army of the Potomac, July, 1863, to April, 1864 (1883). This book, "From Gettysburg to the Rapidan The Army of the Potomac July 1863 to April 1864", by Andrew Atkinson Humphreys, is a replication of a book originally published before 1883. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.

From Gettysburg to Rapidan: The Army of the Potomac July 1863 to April 1864

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From Gettysburg to the Rapidan the Army of the Potomac July, 1863, to April, 1864

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As outspoken in his day as Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens are today, American freethinker and author ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL (1833-1899) was a notorious radical whose uncompromising views on religion and slavery (they were bad, in his opinion), women's suffrage (a good idea, he believed), and other contentious matters of his era made him a wildly popular orator and critic of 19th-century American culture and public life. As a speaker dedicated to expanding intellectual horizons and celebrating the value of skepticism, Ingersoll spoke frequently on such topics as atheism, freedom from the pressures of conformity, and the lives of philosophers who espoused such concepts. This collection of his most famous speeches includes the lectures: [ "The Gods" (1872) [ "Humboldt" (1869) [ "Thomas Paine" (1870) [ "Individuality" (1873) [ "Heretics and Heresies" (1874)

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From Gettysburg to the Rapidan: The Army of the Potomac, July, 1863, to April, 1864 is a narrative that was intended to form the first part of Vol. XII of the Scribner Campaigns of the Civil War but was necessarily excluded from the said volume by its bulk. EXCERPT FROM Gettysburg to the Rapidan: The Army of the Potomac, July, 1863, to April, 1864 The contents of this volume were intended to form the first part of Vol. XII. of the Scribner Campaigns of the Civil War. But they were necessarily excluded from that volume by its bulk.The brevity that characterizes Volume XII. will also be found in this narrative, for I have had no time to change its character. Properly, its publication should have preceded that of Vol. XII.The information needed for the preparation of these chapters was fuller and more readily obtained than that required for Vol. XII.I am under obligations to the Secretary of War for making accessible to me all the papers of his Department relating to the War, and to Genl. Drum, Adjt.-Genl.; and to Col. Scott, in charge of the preparation of the "Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies," for publication, and to the gentlemen having charge of the suboffices of the Adjt.-Genl's Department.A. A. HUMPHREYS.June, 1883.

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From Gettysburg to the Rapidan: The Army of the Potomac, July, 1863, to April, 1864 is a narrative that was intended to form the first part of Vol. XII of the Scribner Campaigns of the Civil War but was necessarily excluded from the said volume by its bulk.   TABLE OF CONTENTS  PREFACE.  CHAPTER I. General Lee retreats from Gettysburg and crosses the Potomac at Williamsport, intrenching his position to cover the crossing—General Meade follows in pursuit by his left flank—Finds Lee covered by intrenchments too strong to attack without careful examination; but his reconnoissance in force is too late to prevent the crossing—While covering Washington, Meade forces Lee to abandon the Shenandoah Valley, with its large food supplies, and to take position between the Rappahannock and the Rapidan.  CHAPTER II. The movement to Centreville—Meade advances against Lee, who is forced to withdraw beyond the Rapidan.  CHAPTER III. General Meade Crosses the Rapidan, expecting to surprise General Lee, and encounter his Forces in detail—The plan is frustrated by the failure of the Third Corps to unite with the Second and Sixth Corps on the morning of the second day at Robertson’s Tavern—Meade Advances to Mine Run, makes dispositions to attack Lee; but finding him too strongly posted and intrenched, withdraws to his former position on the Rapidan.  CHAPTER IV. The Army of the Potomac makes a Demonstration against Lee on the Rapidan to aid General Butler’s proposed Attack on Richmond, but only spoils its own chance for surprising Lee in his Winter Quarters—Kilpatrick’s attempt to capture Richmond, and release the prisoners of Libby and other Military Prisons.

This is Volume 12 of a 16 Volume set originally published in 1885 by Charles Scribners's & Sons. Written by 14 different authors such as Abner Doubleday, John Nicolay and Jacob D. Cox, these volumes present the Army and the Navy in the Civil war. The Army series covers causes and battles from the " Outbreak of Rebellion" to "Chancellorsville and Gettysburg" and on the "Virginia Campaign of '64 and '65. A volume of Statistical Records completes the Army set. The three volumes about the Navy include "The Blockade and the Cruisers", "The Atlantic Coast" and "The Gulf and Inland Waters". Each volume contains a wealth of information, with its own introduction, preface, index, appendix(s), illustrations and maps. As a set, it is in-depth view the Civil War.

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The Virginia Campaign, 1864 And 1865 (Campaigns of the Civil War)

The Virginia Campaign Of '64 And '65: The Army Of The Potomac And The Army Of The James

Virginia Campaign of 1864 and 1865 (Campaigns of the Civil War)

From Gettysburg to Rapidan: The Army of the Potomac July 1863 to April 1864

From Gettysburg to the Rapidan the Army of the Potomac July, 1863, to April, 1864

From Gettysburg to the Rapidan the Army of the Potomac July, 1863, to April, 1864

The Virginia Campaign Of '64 And '65: The Army Of The Potomac And The Army Of The James

From Gettysburg to the Rapidan: The Army of the Potomac, July, 1863, to April, 1864

From Gettysburg to the Rapidan: The Army of the Potomac, July, 1863, to April, 1864

The Virginia Campaign of '64 and'65