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With General Sheridan In Lee'S Last Campaign

With General Sheridan In Lee'S Last Campaign

Staff Officer, A.

Paperback

General Reference19th Century United States HistoryGeneral Military History

ISBN10: 9354508162
ISBN13: 9789354508165
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 20 2021
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.79
Height: 0.55 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
April 1865 is closing in. The war ends; chase begins. Written by a Staff Officer at General Philip Sheridan's side, With General Sheridan In Lee'S Last Campaign delivers a brisk, unvarnished, unabridged Civil War memoir from inside the moving nerve-centre of Union operations. It is a firsthand campaign account that follows Lee's final campaign in Virginia as commands are drafted, routes chosen, and cavalry screens thrown forward, capturing the texture of spring 1865 America on the road to Appomattox. From a staff headquarters perspective, the narrative illuminates Philip Sheridan leadership: the pace he demanded, the decisions that shaped the drive against Lee, and the hard logistics behind pursuit. You see intelligence weighed against terrain and time, and how small staff missteps could ripple through miles of marching columns. Readers interested in Union cavalry history will find a ground-level record of how horse soldiers scouted, struck, and kept pressure on a collapsing Confederate field army. Clear-eyed and immediate, it rewards both Civil War enthusiasts seeking momentum and detail, and military history students weighing command, communication, and morale in a war's last days. As a public domain war memoir, it stands as a primary document for Appomattox campaign history and for understanding how victory was experienced and explained by those closest to headquarters. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure for classic-library shelves as well as everyday reading.

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