Description:
This is a novel about the Battle of the Wilderness fought over three days in May, 1864. It was a bloody encounter costing 29,000 casualties. It was the first battle commanded by U S Grant and Robert E Lee and was the first battle of modern warfare.
Brief description: Charles McNair was born in California, received his medical degree from UC San Francisco. He practiced medicine in Connecticut for thirty-five years. He is the author of "Soldiers of a Foreign War" set in Vietnam. His next novel is about the battle of the Huertgen Forest in WWII.