The Last Full Measure: A Novel of the Civil WarIn the Pulitzer prize–winning classic The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara created the finest Civil War novel of our time. The Last Full Measure tells the epic story of the events following the Battle of Gettysburg and brings to life the final two years of the Civil War. Jeff Shaara dramatizes the escalating confrontation between Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant—complicated, heroic, and deeply troubled men. For Lee and his Confederate forces, Gettysburg has been an unspeakable disaster, but he is determined to fight to the bitter end; he faces Grant, the decisive, hard-nosed leader the Union army so desperately needs in order to turn the tide of the war. From the costly Battle of the Wilderness to the agonizing seize of Petersburg to Lee’s epoch-making surrender at Appomattox, Shaara portrays the riveting conclusion of the Civil War through the minds and hearts of the individuals who gave their last full measure. |
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Page 237
... numbers in a north - south line , Grant now on the eastern side , facing west . But Grant had captured the crossroads he'd wanted , and Lee would have to guess where he might move next . But first there was an opportunity , this time ...
... numbers in a north - south line , Grant now on the eastern side , facing west . But Grant had captured the crossroads he'd wanted , and Lee would have to guess where he might move next . But first there was an opportunity , this time ...
Page 248
... numbers back up , but the veterans had little respect for raw numbers , for the soft men who had never faced the guns . The veterans had seen what great numbers could mean , that when the enemy waited for you behind strong defenses ...
... numbers back up , but the veterans had little respect for raw numbers , for the soft men who had never faced the guns . The veterans had seen what great numbers could mean , that when the enemy waited for you behind strong defenses ...
Page 406
... numbers . In front of Petersburg , facing east , John Gordon had barely five thousand men . If Grant knew that ... but it may not matter now , he thought . Grant is moving west . The forts and trenches that Gordon held was the toughest ...
... numbers . In front of Petersburg , facing east , John Gordon had barely five thousand men . If Grant knew that ... but it may not matter now , he thought . Grant is moving west . The forts and trenches that Gordon held was the toughest ...
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A. P. HILL anger assault began to move big guns blue breath brigade Burnside camp cavalry cigar City Point climbed close Colonel command Corps dark Davis enemy Ewell eyes face Federal felt field fight Fitz Lee flag flank Fredericksburg front Gettysburg glanced gone Gordon Grant looked Grant waited Griffin Hancock hand hard hear heard held Hill James River JEFF SHAARA Joe Johnston John Bell Hood Jubal Early Last Full Measure Lee knew Lee looked Lee saw Lee's army Lincoln Longstreet Meade Meade's moved forward musket fire never nodded numbers officers Petersburg Porter pulled pushed quiet Rawlins rebels Richmond river road rode saluted Sheridan Sherman shook his head shouts side slowly smiled smoke soldiers sounds spread staff stared stood stopped Stuart suddenly Taylor tent thought trees tried troops turned Virginia voice wagons waited Washington watched wave woods words wounded yelled
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