A TEMPEST OF IRON AND LEAD: Spotsylvania Court House, May 8-21, 1864

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Comprehensive study of the campaign and especially the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. The fighting launched a score of new place-names and events, such as Spindle Field, Upton's assault, the Mule Shoe, the Bloody Angle, and the Harris Farm. The casualties exacted at Spotsylvania exceeded those of the Wilderness by thousands. The fighting severely tested the offensive capabilities of Gen. Robert E. Lee's Southern army, just as the defensive posture his men embraced would, in turn, test the limits of Federal endurance.

Mackowski is a former historian at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park and continues to give battlefield tours as the historian-in-residence at Stevenson Ridge, a historic property on the battlefield's eastern front. Contains 79 images and 21 maps.