Lee's Army During the Overland Campaign: A Numerical Study

摘要

The first four volumes of Battles and Leaders of the Civil War were usually among the first books longtime students of the Civil War purchased. For me, the most disappointing aspect of those volumes was the treatment of the Army of Northern Virginia during the Overland Campaign. "Insufficient data," as one editorial note conceded, precluded not only an accurate listing of troops and commanders but also the army's strength. The editors wouldn't even offer casualty guesstimates. More than a century passed before four more volumes, all written by Gordon C. Rhea, provided some meticulous answers to questions long thought unanswerable.