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In the Trenches at Petersburg Field Fortifications and Confederate Defeat / Earl J. Hess.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hess, Earl J.
- Series:
- Civil War America.
- Civil War America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fortification, Field--History--19th century.
- Fortification, Field.
- Fortification--Virginia--Petersburg--History.
- Fortification.
- Confederate States of America--Defenses--History.
- Confederate States of America.
- United States--Defenses--History--19th century.
- United States.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Trench warfare.
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Trench warfare.
- Virginia.
- Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865.
- Petersburg (Va.).
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (774 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2013
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In the Trenches at Petersburg: Field Fortifications and Confederate Defeat
- Contents:
- Cover Page; In the Trenches at Petersburg; Copyright Page; Dedication; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; MAPS; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE Engineers and War; CHAPTER TWO Crossing the James River; CHAPTER THREE Three Days in June; CHAPTER FOUR Searching for a Solution; CHAPTER FIVE Digging In; CHAPTER SIX Soldiering in the Trenches; CHAPTER SEVEN The Third Offensive; CHAPTER EIGHT The Crater; CHAPTER NINE August; CHAPTER TEN The Fourth Offensive; CHAPTER ELEVEN September; CHAPTER TWELVE The Fifth Offensive; CHAPTER THIRTEEN October and the Sixth Offensive; CHAPTER FOURTEENN ovember, December, and January
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN WinterCHAPTER SIXTEEN The Seventh Offensive, February, and March; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Fort Stedman and the Eighth Offensive; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN The Ninth Offensive, April 2; APPENDIX ONE Artifacts of War; APPENDIX TWO The Richmond-Petersburg Line; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-397) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-908836-2-9
- 979-88-9313-345-5
- 1-4696-0326-8
- 0-8078-8235-6
- OCLC:
- 763157064
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