{"product_id":"a-want-of-vigilance-bill-backus-9781611213003","title":"A Want of Vigilance: The Bristoe Station Campaign, October 9-19, 1863","description":"\"The months after Gettysburg had hardly been quiet--filled with skirmishes, cavalry clashes, and plenty of marching. Nonetheless, Union commander Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade had yet to come to serious blows with his Confederate counterpart, Gen. Robert E. Lee. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Lee is undoubtedly bullying you,\" one of Meade's superiors goaded. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLee's army--severely bloodied at Gettysburg--did not have quite the offensive capability it once possessed, yet Lee's aggressive nature could not be quelled. He looked for the chance to strike out at Meade. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn mid-October, 1863, both men shifted their armies into motion. Each surprised the other. Quickly, Meade found himself racing northward for safety along the Orange \u0026amp; Alexandria Railroad, with Lee charging up the rail line behind him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLast stop: Bristoe Station. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAuthors Robert Orrison and Bill Backus have worked at the Bristoe Station battlefield, which is now surrounded by one of the fastest-growing parts of Virginia. In A Want of Vigilance, they trace the campaign from the armies' camps around Orange and Culpeper northwest through the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and along the vital railroad--to Centreville and back--in a back-and-forth game of cat and mouse: the \"goggle-eyed snapping turtle\" versus \"the old gray fox\" pitted against each other in one of the most overlooked periods of the war.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bill Backus,Robert Orrison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1611213002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781611213003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Savas Beatie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Bill Backus","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48659479986431,"sku":"9781611213003","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-want-of-vigilance-bill-backus-9781611213003","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}