Sunday, April 02, 2017

Appomattox 1865 - Lee's Last Campaign, Ron Field.

Appomattox 1865 - Lee's Last Campaign, Ron Field. 
 Looks at the final campaign of the American Civil War in Virginia, Lee's failed attempt to escape south to join up with other Confederate troops after the Union army finally broke through at Petersburg. Nice to have a book that focuses on this campaign in some detail, looking at the significant fighting that kept pushing Lee west instead of south, instead of skipping over it on the way between the siege of Petersburg and the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
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