Picture 1 of 12
SOLD
Battle Of The Wilderness May 5-6 1864 By Gordon C. Rhea
Condition:
Ended: 25 Apr, 2024 22:29:23 BST
Postage:
Located in: Ashland, Ohio, United States
Delivery:
Estimated between Wed, 5 Jun and Fri, 7 Jun to 43230
Returns:
Payments:
Shop with confidence
Seller information
- 100% positive Feedback
Registered as private seller, so consumer rights stemming from EU consumer protection law do not apply. eBay Money Back Guarantee still applies to most purchases.
Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.
eBay item number:386938613510
Item specifics
- Condition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Louisiana
- Signed
- No
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Original Language
- English
- Intended Audience
- Adults, Young Adults
- Inscribed
- No
- Subject
- Military & War
- Original/Facsimile
- Original
- Year Printed
- 1994
- Vintage
- Yes
- Type
- Novel
- Literary Movement
- Realism
- Illustrator
- Unknown
- Special Attributes
- Dust Jacket, Illustrated
- Region
- North America
- Personalized
- No
- Features
- Dust Jacket, Illustrated
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780807118733
- Book Title
- Battle of the Wilderness, May 5-6 1864
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- LSU Press
- Publication Year
- 1994
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.3in
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), General, United States / General
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 33.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 532 Pages
About this product
Product Information
Fought in a tangled forest fringing the south bank of the Rapidan River, the Battle of the Wilderness marked the initial engagement in the climactic months of the Civil War in Virginia, and the first encounter between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. In an exciting narrative, Gordon C. Rhea provides the consummate recounting of that conflict of May 5 and 6, 1864, which ended with high casualties on both sides but no clear victor. With its balanced analysis of events and people, command structures and strategies, The Battle of the Wilderness is operational history as it should be written.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
LSU Press
ISBN-10
0807118737
ISBN-13
9780807118733
eBay Product ID (ePID)
800894
Product Key Features
Book Title
Battle of the Wilderness, May 5-6 1864
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), General, United States / General
Publication Year
1994
Genre
History
Number of Pages
532 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
33.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
E476.52.R47 1994
Reviews
"Never before has there been such a finely detailed -- and objective -- rendering of this battle.... Future accounts of the Wilderness will stand on the shoulders of Rhea's book" -- Chicago Tribune "Both rich in colorful human incidents and provocative in its leadership assessments.... [Rhea's] book is now the first choice for anyone interested in understanding this critical battle." -- Blue and Gray "Through [Rhea's] well-constructed profiles of the Union corps commanders, we come to know the strengths and weaknesses of those who held the lives of thousands in their hands." -- Washington Times "Conventional military history at its best." -- London Times Literary Supplement, Rhea, a Virginia attorney, offers what will likely become the definitive account of one of the Civil War's most confusing engagements: the Battle of the Wilderness, the first encounter between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee, fought in Virginia. The author's reconstruction of the fighting highlights the difficulties of controlling troops once they had been committed to action. Grant's original plan was to maneuver Lee out of his defensive position along the Rapidan River, then crush his troops with superior numbers. Instead, Rhea notes, the Wilderness became a "soldiers' battle," with raw courage compensating for inadequate generalship on both sides. Grant relied too heavily on the Army of the Potomac's commander, George Gordon Meade, who failed to coordinate the movements of subordinates disoriented by the broken ground they fought over. Rhea also criticizes Lee for consistently taking the offensive with an army that could not afford the major losses it sustained in attacking. History Book Club main selection.
Copyright Date
1994
Lccn
93-042110
Dewey Decimal
973.7/36
Intended Audience
Trade
Series
Jules and Frances Landry Award Ser.
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Item description from the seller
Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.
eBay item number:386938613510
Postage and packaging
Item location:
Ashland, Ohio, United States
Posts to:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan Republic, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde Islands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon Republic, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Croatia, Republic of the Congo, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Samoa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Excludes:
Barbados, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Libya, Martinique, New Caledonia, Reunion, Russian Federation, Ukraine, Venezuela
| Postage and packaging | To | Service | Delivery*See Delivery notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| US $4.87 (approx EUR 4.49) | United States | Economy P&P (USPS Media MailTM) | Estimated between Wed, 5 Jun and Fri, 7 Jun to 43230 |
| Taxes |
|---|
| Taxes may be applicable at checkout. Learn moreLearn more about paying tax on eBay purchases. |
Sales tax for an item #386938613510
Sales tax for an item #386938613510
Seller collects sales tax/VAT for items dispatched to the following states:
| County | VAT rate |
|---|
Returns policy
| Return policy details |
|---|
| The seller won't accept returns for this item. |
Payment details
Payment methods
Registered as a private seller
Thereby, consumer rights stemming from EU consumer protection law do not apply. eBay buyer protection still applies to most purchases.
Seller Feedback (90)
This item (1)
All items (90)
c***c (1065)- Feedback left by buyer.
Past 6 months
Verified purchase
Book arrived safely and super quick
Thank you 😊
n***j (1267)- Feedback left by buyer.
Past month
Verified purchase
Fun farm puzzle. Seller went above & beyond - would definitely recommend.
n***j (1267)- Feedback left by buyer.
Past month
Verified purchase
Fun puzzle to coordinate with the farm theme in my pre-K classroom. Geat communication with seller. Easy transaction.
i***r (4)- Feedback left by buyer.
Past month
Verified purchase
Great little cup, & fast shipping!
More to explore:
- May Magazines,
- Laura Ingalls Wilder Fiction & Books,
- Laura Ingalls Wilder Audio Books,
- Laura Ingalls Wilder Non-Fiction Wilderness Fiction & Non-Fiction Books,
- Dictionaries Laura Ingalls Wilder,
- Mayfair May Magazines,
- May Penthouse Magazines,
- May Vogue Magazines,
- Antiquarian & Collectable Books Laura Ingalls Wilder,
- May Esquire Magazines