Virginia Campaign, 1864 And 1865 by Andrew A. Humphreys (1995, Trade Paperback)

The Virginia Campaign, 1864 And 1865Author(s): Andrew Humphreys\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Hachette Books, United States\nImprint: Da Capo Press Inc\nISBN-13: 9780306806254, 978-0306806254\nSynopsis\nMost people still view the final, bloody confrontation between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee as a relentless grinding away of the Army of Northern Virginia in a continuous battle of attrition, attributing Grant's victory not to his generalship but to his overwhelming superiority in numbers. General Andrew A. Humphreys [tel], chief of staff of the Army of the Potomac and later the fiery commander of the Second Corps, provides readers with a far more enlightened understanding in The Virginia Campaign, 1864 and 1865 . Humphreys was known for his high military scholarship, conspicuous courage, and remarkable coolness in combat. Joshua Chamberlain hailed him as \""the accomplished, heroic soldier, the noble and modest man.\""In The Virginia Campaign, Humphreys examines the strategy,.