Ralph Peters

Hell or Richmond Ralph Peters

Between May 5 and June 3, 1864, the Union and Confederate armies suffered eighty-eight thousand casualties. Twenty-nine thousand were killed, wounded, or captured in the first two days of combat. In Hell or Richmond, thirty days of ceaseless carnage are seen through the eyes of a compelling cast, from the Unions Harvard-valedictorian boy general, Francis Channing Barlow, to the brawling Rebel colonel, William C. Oates. From Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee to a simple laborer destined to win the Medal of Honor, Peters brings to life an enthralling array of leaders and soldiers from both North and South, fleshing out history with stunning realism.