"This comprehensively researched, well-written book represents the definitive account of Robert E. Lee's triumph over Union leader John Pope in the summer of 18
On July 21, 1861, near a Virginia railroad junction twenty-five miles from Washington, DC, the Union and Confederate armies clashed in the first major battle of
Two great, untested armies were readying for the first—and what many believed would be the last—major conflict between North and South. On the eve of July 2
“This comprehensively researched, well-written book represents the definitive account of Robert E. Lee’s triumph over Union leader John Pope in the summer o
A dramatic account of the two-week period in 1861 during which newly inaugurated president Lincoln attempted to prepare Union states for a possible Confederate