- Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 288 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Summary
- "The struggle over the fortified Confederate position known as Spotsylvania's Mule Shoe was without parallel during the Civil War. A Union assault that began at 4:30 A.M. on May 12, 1864, sparked brutal combat that lasted nearly twenty-four hours. By the predawn hours of May 13, some 17,500 officers and men from both sides had been killed, wounded, or captured when the fighting ceased. The site of the most intense clashes became forever known as the Bloody Angle. Here, renowned military historian Jeffry D. Wert draws on the personal narratives of Union and Confederate troops who survived the fight to offer a gripping story of Civil War combat at its most difficult"--
- Series Statement
- Civil War America
- Uniform Title
- Heart of hell (Online)
- Civil War America (Series)
- Alternative Title
- Heart of hell (Online)
- Subject
- Spotsylvania Court House, Battle of, Va., 1864
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-276) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- LCCN
- 2021054796
- OCLC
- ssj0002586645
- Author
Wert, Jeffry D.
- Title
The heart of hell [electronic resource] : the soldiers' struggle for Spotsylvania's Bloody Angle / Jeffry D. Wert.
- Imprint
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2022]
- Series
Civil War America
Civil War America (Series)
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-276) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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