You should check out Gordon Rhea’s book on Cold Harbor, which covers the first half of the campaign, 26 May to June 3, 1864. I never read any accounts of a near mutiny during the campaign and actually Rhea’s account uncovered new material that indicates the Union assault on 3 June was not as bloody as Civil War myth leads one to believe. The really bloody attacks that nearly broke the Army of the Potomac came during the opening assaults on Petersburg, culminating in the Battles of Reams Station (25 August) that broke the US 2nd Corps for good and Weldon Railroad (19-21 August) that broke the 5th Corps. – Todd

The Hennessy book to which Mr. Wittenberg is referring covers nearly the entire campaign of Second Manassas– not just the battle on 28-30 August, and as previously noted, Robert Krick’s book on Cedar Mountain fills in the gaps.

I realize the two Deep Bottom campaigns are part of the larger Petersburg/Richmond Campaign of 1864, but I’m still waiting for Bryce Suderow’s work on Deep Bottom, following his excellent articles on the subject published ealier this decade in N&S. Also, I think the opening battles of the Petersburg campaign, 15-25 June 1864, deserve special treatment, especially the action on 22 June when the entire US 2nd Corps was routed from the field, the first time that happened to that brave unit. I know Gordon Rhea has a book coming out on the march to Petersburg, but I am not clear when he will end the book. – Todd

I have read John Hennessy’s book on Second Manassas. I agree with you. It is superb. I should have probably clarified my post to state the Second Manassas Campaign. Specifically, I think a book on Cedar Mountain would be nice.

Mike