TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ryan,Thomas J.
AU  - Schaus,Richard R.
TI  - "Lee is trapped and must be taken": eleven fateful days after Gettysburg, July 4 - July 14, 1863 
SN  - 9781611214598
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - El Dorado Hills, CA
PB  - Savas Beatie
KW  - Meade, George Gordon,
KW  - Gettysburg Campaign, 1863
KW  - Pennsylvania
KW  - History
KW  - Civil War, 1861-1865
KW  - Maryland
KW  - United States
KW  - Cumberland Valley (Md. and Pa.)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; July 4, 1863: "our task is not yet accomplished" -- July 5, 1863: "the enemy is in full retreat" -- July 6, 1863: "Lee is trapped, and must be taken" -- July 7, 1863: "if vigorously pressed, [Lee] must suffer" -- July 8, 1863: "I think we shall have another battle before Lee can cross the river" -- July 9, 1863: "it is with the greatest difficulty that I can obtain any reliable intelligence" -- July 10, 1863: "the rebel army was very demoralized" -- July 11, 1863: "if we can destroy Lee's army now the war is over" -- July 12, 1863: "it is my intention to attack unless something intervenes to prevent it" -- July 13, 1863: "I should not be surprised if they cross the river tonight" -- July 14, 1863: "Gen. Meade showed no disposition to attack us" -- Weighing the outcome
N2  - "The objective of this study is to examine Maj. Gen. George G. Meade's strategy and tactics during the eleven days, July 4 to 14, 1863, following the Battle of Gettysburg in response to President Abraham Lincoln who envisaged that the Confederate rebellion would be brought to an end if Meade's Army of the Potomac pursued and crushed Gen. Robert E. Lee's retreating Army of Northern Virginia before it could reach safety across the Potomac River"--
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