Lee's Endangered Left: The Civil War in Western Virginia, Spring of 1864

xvi, 346 pp. "In the spring of 1864, Ulysses S. Grant devised a plan of action to bring down the Confederacy. He aimed to destroy General Lee's source of supplies in western Virginia and to use military activity there as an extended turning movement to threaten Lee from the west. This study offers an overview of military operations in western Virginia during the period and their impact on the civilian population, shedding light on an overlooked chapter of the Civil War."