| Portion of title |
Battle for Petersburg |
| Series |
Civil War America
Civil War America (Series) ^A325557
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| Contents |
Foreword by Gary W. Gallagher -- Preface -- War at our own doors -- Our hearts were filled with new hope: movement to combat -- My best achievement: June 15, 1864 -- More hard fighting and many more lives must be lost: June 16-17, 1864 -- We have done all that it is possible for men to do and must be resigned to the result: June 18, 1864 -- Our work here progresses slowly: Grant's second offensive -- We were fortunate to get back at all: from White House Landing to First Ream's Station -- The most disagreeable human habitation left upon this sin-stricken earth: life in Petersburg, Summer 1864 -- Strangled in dust and scorched in the sun: army operations, late June to mid-July -- I have accomplished one of the great things of this war: construction of the mine and first deep bottom -- This day was the jubilee of fiends in human shape, and without souls: the Union attacks on July 30 -- A perfect hell of blood: the Confederates regain the Crater. |
| Abstract |
"Grinding, bloody, and ultimately decisive, the Petersburg campaign was the Civil War's longest and among its most complex. Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee squared off for more than nine months in their struggle for Petersburg, the key to the Confederate capital at Richmond"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2017053873 |
| ISBN | 9781469638577 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1469638576 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
