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Robert E. Lee feared the day the Union army would return up the James River and invest the Confederate capital of Richmond. The book contains hundreds of photographs, new maps, and a fresh consideration of Grant's Virginia strategy and the generalship of Butler and Beauregard. Grant's Left Hook is also filled with anecdotes and impressions from the rank and file who wore blue and grey. AUTHOR: Sean Michael Chick is a New Orleans native and tour guide who gives one of the only guided tours of the French Quarter concentrating on the American Civil War and slavery. 150 images, 15 maps

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An excellent, very informative book about one of the least understood campaigns of the Civil War...also quite readable, and is highly recommended for anyone with an interest in the great conflict, and particularly for those who like tramping across battlefields. -- The NYMAS Review A superb installment . . . one of the best books in the ECW series (easily rating among the top handful in this reviewer's estimation). Sean Chick's Grant's Left Hook is highly recommended reading.-- Civil War Books and Authors

A superb installment . . . one of the best books in the ECW series (easily rating among the top handful in this reviewer's estimation). Sean Chick's Grant's Left Hook is highly recommended reading.-- Civil War Books and Authors

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Sean Michael Chick is a New Orleans native and tour guide who gives one of the only guided tours of the French Quarter concentrating on the American Civil War and slavery. He also volunteers at the Historic New Orleans Collection, writes for NOLA Defender (http://www.noladefender.com/), and contributes to Emerging Civil War (www.emergingcivilwar.com). His first book was The Battle of Petersburg, June 15-18, 1864.

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