Forged in Fire: A History and Tour Guide of the War in the East, from Manassas to Antietam, 1861–1862
Jim Miles
Most of the battles of the Civil War were fought within the borders of the state of Virginia. This was primarily due to the belief that whoever captured the other's capital would be the ultimate victor in the war. Thus with roughly one hundred miles separating them, Washington and Richmond became the focus of the war and of the stalemate that ensued for four years.
With Forged in Fire, Jim Miles continues a series of books that describes the significant campaigns of the war and provides an easy-to-follow tour guide of the battlefields today. Previous volumes have defined the western theater of the war from Forts Henry and Donelson and Shiloh to the battles for Atlanta and Nashville. He now turns his attention to the eastern theater, the cauldron of action and defeat throughout the war. The first fifteen months of the Civil War from the time frame for this volume, which looks at the following battles:
- First Manassas (Bull Run)
- Ball's Bluff
- The Virginia and the Monitor (Hampton Roads)
- The Peninsula Campaign
- The Seven Days' Battles
- Second Manassas
- Antietam
In addition to describing these battles, noting unusual incidents, and briefly highlighting the careers of the leaders whose strategies shaped these battles, Miles has also designed the tour guide to minimize the backtracking visitors might make in seeing as many Virginia battlefields as possible. Thus sites that saw action throughout the war at various times are included in the tours of major campaigns, such as a tour of Harpers Ferry that is included in the tour of the Antietam battlefield.
| JIM MILES is a seasoned battlefield explorer, author, historian, and teacher who has written more than one hundred articles and several books on Southern history, archaeology, and the Civil War. The author of the best-selling WEIRD GEORGIA, Miles lives in Warner Robbins, Georgia. |
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ISBN-10: 1-58182-089-5 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 978-1-58182-089-8 (Paperback)
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