The Heart of Hell: The Soldiers' Struggle for Spotsylvania's Bloody Angle (Jeffry D. Wert - CWC) Section - Calvary Campaign --Ralph Peters

--Ralph Peters

commanding Union Army General George Gordon Meade commandeered the farm to serve as his headquarters due to its centrally located position

and the book explores the nuances of Lincoln’s enthusiasm for what he called Locke’s genius

Gordon's triumphal march through York

some were reporters who covered the defeat of their oppressors

The Heart of Hell: The Soldiers' Struggle for Spotsylvania's Bloody Angle (Jeffry D. Wert - CWC) Section - Calvary Campaign --Ralph Petersby Jeffry D. Wert 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 time Grant's forces withdrew, some 55,000 men from Union and Confederate armies had been drawn into the fury, battling in torrential rain along the fieldworks at distances often