BOOKS - Fields of Blood: The Prairie Grove Campaign (Civil War America)
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Fields of Blood: The Prairie Grove Campaign (Civil War America)
Author: William L. Shea
Year: November 1, 2009
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 3.9 MB
Language: English
Year: November 1, 2009
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 3.9 MB
Language: English
On Sunday, December 7, 1862, two armies collided at an obscure Arkansas hamlet named Prairie Grove in a desperate battle that effectively ended Confederate offensive operations west of the Mississippi River. In Fields of Blood, historian William L. Shea offers a gripping narrative of the events surrounding Prairie Grove, one of the great unsung battles of the Civil War.Shea provides a colorful account of a grueling campaign that lasted five months and covered hundreds of miles of rugged Ozark terrain. In a fascinating analysis of the personal, geographical, and strategic elements that led to the fateful clash in northwest Arkansas, he describes a campaign notable for rapid marching, bold movements, hard fighting, and the most remarkable raid of the Civil War. After months of intricate maneuvering punctuated by five battles in three states, armies led by Thomas C. Hindman and James G. Blunt met one last time at Prairie Grove. The costly daylong struggle was a tactical dra
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