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TABLE OF CONTENTS; Illustrations; Figures; Tables; Stand Maps; Day 1; Day 2; Day 3; Historical Maps (Appendix E); Operational Maps; Tactical Maps; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I. Civil War Armies; Introduction; Organization; The US Army in 1861; Raising the Armies; The Leaders; Civil War Staffs; The Armies in the Overland Campaign; Weapons; Infantry; Cavalry; Field Artillery; Weapons in the Overland Campaign; Tactics; Tactical Doctrine in 1861; Early War Tactics; Later War Tactics; Summary of Tactics; Tactics in the Overland Campaign; Logistics Support Logistics in the Overland CampaignEngineer Support; Engineers in the Overland Campaign; Communications Support; Communications in the Overland Campaign; Medical Support; Medical Support in the Overland Campaign; II. The Overland Campaign: An Overview Introduction; The Wilderness; Spotsylvania; North Anna; Yellow Tavern; Cold Harbor; Crossing the James; III. Suggested Routes and Stands; Introduction; Overland Campaign Staff Ride Stands; Day 1; Day 2; Day 3; Modifications to the Three-Day Staff Ride; One-Day Wilderness and Spotsylvania Staff Ride; Two-Day Overland Campaign Staff Ride; Day 1 Day 2Overland Campaign Three-Day Staff Ride; Day 1 -- Wilderness to Spotsylvania (4-9 May 1864); Stand 1 -- Campaign Overview (Events up to 4 May 1864); Stand 2 -- Germanna Ford (4-5 May 1864); Stand 3 -- Wilderness Tavern (4-5 May 1864); Stand 4 -- Saunders' Field (5 May 1864); Stand 5 -- Higgerson's Field (Farm) (5 May 1864); Stand 6 -- Intersection of Brock and Plank Roads (5 May 1864); Stand 7 -- Tapp Farm ("Lee to the rear!") (6 May 1864); Stand 8 -- Burning Breastworks (6 May 1864); Stand 9 -- Gordon's Attack (6 May 1864); Stand 10 -- Wilderness Summary and Next Movements (7-8 May 1864) Stand 11 -- Todd's Tavern (7-8 May 1864)Stand 12 -- Corbin's Bridge (drive-by) (8 May 1864); Stand 13 -- Laurel Hill I (8 May 1864); Stand 14 -- Laurel Hill II (8 May 1864); Stand 15 -- Sedgwick's Death (9 May 1864); Day 2 -- Spotsylvania to North Anna (9-24 May 1864); Stand 1 -- Po River and 10 May Attacks (9-10 May 1864); Stand 2 -- Upton's Attack (10 May 1864); Stand 3 -- East Angle (Confederate View) (12 May 1864); Stand 4 -- Landrum Ridge (Union View, II Corps) (11-12 May 1864); Stand 5 -- Angle I (Breakthrough) (12 May 1864); Stand 6 -- McCoull House (Confederate Reactions) (12 May 1864) Stand 7 -- Confederate Works (12 May 1864)Stand 8 -- Angle II (Face of Battle) (12 May 1864); Stand 9 -- Lee's Last Line (13-18 May 1864); Stand 10 -- Harris Farm and Spotsylvania Summary (19-21 May 1864); Stand 11 -- Massaponax Church (20-22 May 1864); Stand 12 -- Motley House and Guinea (Guiney's) Station (21-22 May 1864); Stand 13 -- Madison's Ordinary (drive-by) (21-22 May 1864); Stand 14 -- New Bethel Church (22 May 1864); Stand 15 -- Milford Station (Bowling Green) (21-23 May 1864); Stand 16 -- Mount Carmel Church (23-24 May 1864); Stand 17 -- Hanover Junction and Doswell (23-24 May 1864) Stand 18 -- Jericho Mills (May 1864)