Meade's Headquarters 1863~1865 |
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| General Editor:
| Agassiz, George R. |
| Author:
| Lyman, Theodore |
| ISBN: | 978-1-0898-6573-5 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2019 |
| Publisher: | Independently Published
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $6.99 |
Book Description:
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"Meade's Headquarters, 1863-1865 provided historians and buffs alike ... with invaluable and intimate details of the personalities and politics within that at times troubled organization." The Journal of Military History If Robert E. Lee had been victorious at Gettysburg he would have a clear route to begin in invasion of the North. Standing in his way in July 1863 was Gen. George Meade, who repelled the might of the Confederate forces and forced them...
More Description "Meade's Headquarters, 1863-1865 provided historians and buffs alike ... with invaluable and intimate details of the personalities and politics within that at times troubled organization." The Journal of Military History
If Robert E. Lee had been victorious at Gettysburg he would have a clear route to begin in invasion of the North.
Standing in his way in July 1863 was Gen. George Meade, who repelled the might of the Confederate forces and forced them to return south from where they had come.
This was in many ways the turning point of the Civil War, from which Lee was never able to fully recover.
But who was Gen. George Meade?
And how did he lead the Army of the Potomac through the Overland Campaign, the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, and the Appomattox Campaign in the last two years of the year?
Theodore Lyman, who served as aide-de-camp for Meade from 1863 to the end of the war, provides fascinating insight into the world of a Union general.
Lyman's letters that he wrote throughout his time with Meade form the basis of this fascinating work and uncover the personalities of figures like Grant, Sherman, Sickles, and of course Meade.
"an invaluable source for the study of the primary Union field army in the eastern theater. ... Lyman's witty, keenly observant, and often scathing commentary accounted for the fame and usefulness of the published version of those letters" Dr. Michael E. Smith, H-CivWar
Theodore Lyman was a natural scientist, military staff officer during the American Civil War, and United States Representative from Massachusetts. His letters were first published as Meade's Headquarters, 1863-1865 in 1922 edited by George R. Agassiz. Agassiz was a director of the Calumet and Hecla Mine, traveled widely, became an Arizona rancher and served for a time with the Boston brokerage firm of Lee, Higginson & Co. Lyman passed away in 1897 and Agassiz passed away in 1951.