| A Want of Vigilance: The Bristoe Station Campaign, October 9-19, 1863 Contributor(s): Backus, Bill (Author), Orrison, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 1611213002 ISBN-13: 9781611213003 Publisher: Savas Beatie OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
| Dewey: 973.745 |
| LCCN: 2015029294 |
| Series: Emerging Civil War |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.55 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "The months after Gettysburg had hardly been quiet--filled with skirmishes, cavalry clashes, and plenty of marching. Nonetheless, Union commander Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade had yet to come to serious blows with his Confederate counterpart, Gen. Robert E. Lee. "Lee is undoubtedly bullying you," one of Meade's superiors goaded. Lee's army--severely bloodied at Gettysburg--did not have quite the offensive capability it once possessed, yet Lee's aggressive nature could not be quelled. He looked for the chance to strike out at Meade. In mid-October, 1863, both men shifted their armies into motion. Each surprised the other. Quickly, Meade found himself racing northward for safety along the Orange & Alexandria Railroad, with Lee charging up the rail line behind him. Last stop: Bristoe Station. Authors Robert Orrison and Bill Backus have worked at the Bristoe Station battlefield, which is now surrounded by one of the fastest-growing parts of Virginia. In A Want of Vigilance, they trace the campaign from the armies' camps around Orange and Culpeper northwest through the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and along the vital railroad--to Centreville and back--in a back-and-forth game of cat and mouse: the "goggle-eyed snapping turtle" versus "the old gray fox" pitted against each other in one of the most overlooked periods of the war." |
Contributor Bio(s): Backus, Bill: - Rob Orrison and Bill Backus both researched and led the interpretation for the Bristoe Station battlefield. Bill currently works as a historian at a 19th century historic site in Northern Virginia.Orrison, Robert: - Rob Orrison and Bill Backus both researched and led the interpretation for the Bristoe Station battlefield. Rob, a contributor to Emerging Civil War, has been working in the history field for more than 20 years. He currently oversees day-to-day operations of municipal historic site program in Virginia. |