Strike Them a Blow: Battle along the North Anna River, May21-25, 1864 (Chris Mackowski - CHC) tea pot The Gettysburg Campaign Exam Study

The Gettysburg Campaign Exam Study Guide

But Grant did something no one else had done before: he threw his army at Lee over and over again

a training ground for soldiers past and present

The book uniquely intertwines literary selections taken from an actual 1840's reading textbook with original poetry

and a tour of the grim and bloody fields as described by a host of early visitors

Strike Them a Blow: Battle along the North Anna River, May21-25, 1864 (Chris Mackowski - CHC) tea pot The Gettysburg Campaign Exam Studyby Chris Mackowski Battle along the North Anna River, May 21 25, 1864. For sixteen days the armies had grappled? a grueling horror show of nonstop battle, march, and maneuver that stretched through May of 1864. Federal commander Ulysses S. Grant had resolved to destroy his Confederate adversaries through attrition if by no other means. He would just keep at them until he used them up. Meanwhile, Grants Confederate counterpart, Robert E. Lee, looked