Matt McKeon
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General George "Snapping Turtle" Meade gets his due in this well written, carefully researched account of the two weeks in 1863 when Meade was given command of the Army of the Potomac, defeated Lee at Gettysburg and pursued him to Williamsport, and back into Virginia.
Brown, as we saw in "Retreat From Gettysburg" emphasizes the unglamorous, but utterly necessary business of supplying troops and animals with rations, forage, ammunition, shoes, medical care and well as establishing the network of communications and intelligence gathering.
The book focuses on Meade's actions, and what he knew and when. Unlike the armchair historian, Meade, and any Civil War general's knowledge of the enemy's location, movements and intensions were highly limited.
Brown, as we saw in "Retreat From Gettysburg" emphasizes the unglamorous, but utterly necessary business of supplying troops and animals with rations, forage, ammunition, shoes, medical care and well as establishing the network of communications and intelligence gathering.
The book focuses on Meade's actions, and what he knew and when. Unlike the armchair historian, Meade, and any Civil War general's knowledge of the enemy's location, movements and intensions were highly limited.