Petersburg 1864–65

The longest siege

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Petersburg 1864–65

The longest siege

Description

The Petersburg Campaign was the last great campaign fought in the eastern theater of the US Civil War and the last to see U.S Grant take on Robert E Lee.

In 1864 General Ulysses S. Grant decided to strangle the life out of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia by surrounding the city of Petersburg and cutting off General Robert E. Lee's supply lines. The ensuing siege would carry on for nearly ten months, involve 160,000 soldiers, and see a number of pitched battles including the Battle of the Crater, Reams Station, Hatcher's Run, and White Oak Road. After nearly ten months, Grant launched an attack that sent the Confederate army scrambling back to Appomattox Court House where it would soon surrender.

Written by an expert on the American Civil War, this book examines the last clash between the armies of U.S. Grant and Robert E. Lee.

Table of Contents

Origins of the campaign
Chronology
Opposing commanders
Opposing armies
Orders of battle
Opposing Plans
The campaign and siege
The battles
Aftermath
The battlefield today
Further reading
Index

Product details

Published 20 Mar 2013
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781472803054
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 40 b/w; 33 col
Series Campaign
Short code CAM 208
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Ron Field

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Peter Dennis

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