The Heart of Hell: The Soldiers' Struggle for Spotsylvania's Bloody Angle (Jeffry D. Wert - CWC) averasboro Sleeplessness plagued the Union and

Sleeplessness plagued the Union and Confederate armies

by Catherine Clinton

In addition to presenting the personal stories of seventy-seven intrepid volunteers

The Complete Human Interest Stories of the Gettysburg Campaign" written by award winning author

The Heart of Hell: The Soldiers' Struggle for Spotsylvania's Bloody Angle (Jeffry D. Wert - CWC) averasboro Sleeplessness plagued the Union andby Jeffry D. Wert The struggle over the fortified Confederate position known as Spotsylvania's Mule Shoe was without parallel during the Civil War. A Union assault that began at 4: 30 A. M. on May 12, 1864, sparked brutal combat that lasted nearly twenty four hours. By the time Grant's forces withdrew, some 55,000 men from Union and Confederate armies had been drawn into the fury, battling in torrential rain along the fieldworks at distances often