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2 days ago · This volume of Bearss' study of these major battles includes: The Attack on Petersburg (June 9, 1864) The Second Assault on Petersburg (June 15 - 18, 1864) The Battle of the Jerusalem Plank Road (June 21 - 24, 1864) The Crater (July 30, 1864) The Battle of the Weldon Railroad (August 18 - 21, 1864) The Second Battle of Ream's Station (August 25, 1864) Accompanying these salient chapters are ...
Mar 19, 2014 · The Petersburg Campaign: The Western Front Battles, September 1864 April 1865, Volume 2. The wide-ranging and largely misunderstood series of operations around Petersburg, Virginia, were the...
In Volume I of The Petersburg Campaign, legendary historian Edwin C. Bearss detailed the first six major engagements on the "Eastern Front," from the initial attack on the city on June 9 through the Second Battle of Ream's Station on August 25, 1864.
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On to Petersburg follows the Union army’s movement to the James River, the military response from the Confederates, and the initial assault on Petersburg, which Rhea suggests marked the true end of the Overland Campaign. Beginning his account in the immediate aftermath of Grant’s three-day attack on Confederate troops at Cold Harbor, Rhea argues that the Union general’s primary goal was ...
Jul 27, 2009 · The history of Virginia, from its first settlement to the present day. Book digitized by Google from the library of the New York Public Library and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Imprint varies. Vol. 2-3: Petersburg, Virginia, Printed by Dickson [et] Pescud, and for sale at the book-stores of Somervell & Conrad, Petersburg ; John ...
Jun 15, 2015 · The Battle of Petersburg was the culmination of the Virginia Overland campaign, which pitted the Army of the Potomac, led by Ulysses S. Grant and George Gordon Meade, against Robert E. Lee’s...
With thirty-two original maps, numerous photos, diagrams, tables, and appendices, a glossary, and many explanatory footnotes, The Petersburg Regiment in the Civil War will long be hailed as one...
