Gettysburg's Southern Front: Opportunity and Failure at Richmond by Hampton Newsome

Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/261174to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gettysburg's Southern Front: Opportunity and Failure at Richmond Author: Hampton Newsome Narrator: David Colacci Format: mp3 Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins Release date: 10-07-25 Ratings: Not rated yet Genres: 19th Century Publisher's Summary: On June 14, 1863, US Major General John Adams Dix received the following directive from General-in-Chief Henry Halleck: "All your available force should be concentrated to threaten Richmond, by seizing and destroying their railroad bridges over the South and North Anna Rivers, and do them all the damage possible." With General Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia marching toward Gettysburg and only a limited Confederate force guarding Richmond, Halleck sensed a rare opportunity for the Union cause.

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