The book tells this story from the perspectives of the two army groups that clashed on that day: the Union Sixth Corps and the Confederate Third Corps.
The Petersburg campaign was a long siege operation of grueling trench warfare marked by bloody battles, incompetence, political maneuvering and cowardice. It was the type of campaign neither the Union...
The most thorough and accurate guide book available for one of the most complex and prolonged campaigns of the Civil War by two experts in military history and Civil War battlefield sites.
The Petersburg Campaign: Wasted Valor June 15-18, 1864
... while just north of them William T. H. Brooks's and John H. Martindale's divisions crossed the Appomattox River at ... At Smith's direction, Hinks moved his command forward, deployed it with Colonel Samuel Duncan's brigade in the ...
Pinned down by Walker's brigade in their front, Lyle's soldiers did not fare as well as Wheelock's troops. When first shells and then bullets suddenly began whizzing at them from behind, Lyle's exhausted and rain-soaked men panicked.
In the Trenches at Petersburg, the final volume of Earl J. Hess's trilogy of works on the fortifications of the Civil War, recounts the strategic and tactical operations around Petersburg during the last ten months of the Civil War.
With new perspectives on operational and tactical choices by commanders, the experiences of common soldiers and civilians, and the significant role of the United States Colored Troops in the fighting, this book offers essential reading for ...
There is no unit specified for Private Rose, but the details of this letter suggest that he was in an artillery unit. 76. ... Letter to Sister, July 20, 1864, Clarence H. Bell Correspondence, Civil War Document Collection, USAHEC. 81.
The book concludes with an assessment of the mixed performances of both armies, the factors that influenced the outcome, and the campaign's role in ending the Civil War.