Gettysburg's Southern Front: Opportunity and Failure at Richmond

In June 1863, during the Gettysburg Campaign, Major General John Adams Dix received orders to mobilize US troops to threaten Richmond by targeting key railroad bridges over the South and North Anna Rivers. Despite his limited military experience, Dix organized an advance with 20,000 troops aimed at disrupting the Confederate supply lines while General Robert E. Lee's forces moved towards Gettysburg. This audiobook offers a comprehensive examination of Dix's campaign, exploring both the military operations of the time and the broader ramifications of this little-known Federal advance against the Confederate capital.