{"product_id":"bloody-spring-forty-days-that-sealed-the-confederacys-fate-9780306822063","title":"Bloody Spring: Forty Days that Sealed the Confederacy's Fate","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor forty crucial days they fought a bloody struggle. When it was over  the Civil Wars tide had turned.  In the spring of 1864  Virginia remained unbroken  its armies having repelled Northern armies for more than two years. Robert E. Lees Army of Northern Virginia had defeated the campaigns of four Union generals  and Lees veterans were confident they could crush the Union offensive this spring  too. But their adversary in 1864 was a different kind of Union commanderUlysses S. Grant. The new Union general-in-chief had never lost a major battle while leading armies in the West. A quiet  rumpled man of simple tastes and a bulldogs determination  Grant would lead the Army of the Potomac in its quest to destroy Lees army.  During six weeks in May and June 1864  Grants army campaigned as no Union army ever had. During nearly continual combat operations  the Army of the Potomac battered its way through Virginia  skirting Richmond and crossing the James River on one of the longest pontoon bridges ever built. No campaign in North American history was as bloody as the Overland Campaign. When it ended outside Petersburg  more than 100 000 men had been killed  wounded  or captured on battlefields in the Wilderness  near Spotsylvania Court House  and at Cold Harbor. Although Grants casualties were nearly twice Lees  the Union could replace its losses. The Confederacy could not.  Lees army continued to fight brilliant defensive battles  but it never mounted another major offensive. Grants spring 1864 campaign had tipped the scales permanently in the Unions favor. The wars denouement came less than a year later with Lees surrender at Appomattox Court House.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647060205621,"sku":"ByrdShop_0306822067","price":21.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780306822063.jpg?v=1781687237","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/bloody-spring-forty-days-that-sealed-the-confederacys-fate-9780306822063","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}