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Between the end of May and the beginning of August 1864, Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Give and General Robert E. Lee oversaw the change between your Overland Marketing campaign - a amazing saga of maneuvering and brutal battle - and what became a grueling siege of Petersburg that lots of a few months later compelled Confederates to abandon Richmond. Although many historians have proclaimed Grant's crossing of the James River on June 12 to June 15 as the close of the Overland Marketing campaign, this size interprets the fighting from Cold Harbor on June 1 to June 3 through the Challenge of the Crater on July 30 as the previous phase of any operation that could have ended without a prolonged siege. The contributors to the volume assess the campaign from a number of perspectives, evaluating strategy and techniques, the performances of key commanders on each side, the centrality of field fortifications, political repercussions in the United States and the Confederacy, the encounters of civilians caught in the road of the armies, and how the famous Challenge of the Crater has resonated in historical recollection. As a group the essays showcase the important connections between your home leading and the battlefield, demonstrating some of the ways in which armed service and nonmilitary affairs performed off and inspired each other. Contributors include Keith S. Bohannon, Stephen Cushman, M. Keith Harris, Robert E. L. Krick, Kevin M. Levin, Kathryn Shively Meier, Gordon C. Rhea, and Joan Waugh.
