Table of Contents
Acknowledgments viii
Prologue xiii
Chapter 1 The Deep Game 1
Chapter 2 Rappahannock Station and Kelly's Ford 9
Chapter 3 Thanksgiving Day 19
Chapter 4 Into the Wilderness 29
Chapter 5 Robinson's Tavern 33
Chapter 6 New Hope Church 41
Chapter 7 The Road to Payne's Farm 47
Chapter 8 The Battle of Payne's Farm-Part I 51
Chapter 9 The Battle of Payne's Farm-Part II 57
Chapter 10 Along Mine Run 71
Chapter 11 Warren's March 81
Chapter 12 Expecting a Carnival of Death 89
Charter 13 The Moral Courage of George Gordon Meade 97
Chapter 14 Lee's Lost Opportunity 105
Epilogue 113
Afterword Theodore F Savas 125
Touring Mine Run 133
Appendix A Rest, Soldier, Rest by Mike Block 153
Appendix B "I Suppose the Result Will Be a Pretty General Sweeping Out": The Army of the Potomac's Reorganization by Ryan T. Quint 159
Order of Battle 164
Suggested Reading 174
About the Author 176
Footnotes for this volume are available at emergingcivilwar.com/publications/the emerging-civil-war-series/footnotes
Routes of March to the Battlefield, November 26-27, 1863 22
Battle of Payne's Farm-Initial Phase 52
Battle Of Payne's Farm-Second Phase 58
Positions Along Mine Run, November 28, 1863 82
Warren's Position, 90
Mine Run Tour 132
Civil War Battle of Payne's Farm Walking Trail Map by Steven Stanley, Courtesy American Battlefield trust 137