cover image Bloody Roads South: The Wilderness to Cold Harbor, May-June 1864

Bloody Roads South: The Wilderness to Cold Harbor, May-June 1864

Noah Andre Trudeau. Ballantine Books, $12.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-449-90562-3

Grant's relentless tactics prevented Lee from regaining the strategic initiative in 1864, although the Southern general's defensive operations during May and June of that year are regarded by many as his greatest military accomplishment. ``Not a formal campaign study, this is a dramatic account told through the eyes of soldiers, civilians and government leaders,'' said PW. Illustrated. (Oct.)