Analyses three major Civil War campaigns that were conducted following a series of devastating Confederate defeats at the hands of Ulysses S. Grant in the spring of 1862. Earl J…

Earl J.Hess’s study of armies and fortifications turns to the 1864 Overland Campaign to cover battles from the Wilderness to Cold Harbor. Drawing on primary sources and examination of battlefields…

The Atlanta campaign represents one of the best examples of a prolonged Union invasion deep into southern territory, and, as Earl Hess reveals in this study, it marked another important…

Unlike much military history that focuses on grand strategies, Earl Hess zeroes in on formations and manoeuvres (or primary tactics), describing their purpose and usefulness in regimental case studies, and…

This book is a unique recounting of the Confederate use of landmines during the American Civil War. Hess uses multiple archival sources to tell a compelling narrative, one that stresses…

Abner Small served as a non-commissioned officer in the Third Maine Infantry during the summer of 1861, experiencing battle for the first time at First Bull Run. As a recruiting…

Fought on July 28, 1864, the Battle of Ezra Church was a dramatic engagement during the Civil War’s Atlanta campaign. Confederate forces under John Bell Hood desperately fought to stop…

Earl J. Hess offers new and definitive interpretations of the battle at Peach Tree Creek in the Civil War struggle for Atlanta.