The Heart of Hell: The Soldiers’ Struggle for Spotsylvania’s Bloody Angle

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By Jeffry D. Wert

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Spotsylvania, a Union assault beginning at 4:30 A.M. on May 12, 1864, sparked brutal combat that lasted nearly twenty-four hours. The site of the most intense clashes became forever known as the Bloody Angle. Through personal narratives of soldiers—Union and Confederate—delve into Civil War combat at its most difficult.

Hardcover: 320 Pages
Publisher: UNC Press

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Hardcover: 320 Pages
Publisher: UNC Press

Here, renowned military historian Jeffry D. Wert draws on the personal narratives of Union and Confederate troops who survived the fight  to offer a gripping story of Civil War combat at its most difficult. Wert’s  harrowing tale reminds us that the war’s story, often told through its commanders and campaigns, truly belonged to the common soldier.