Richmond Redeemed : the Siege at Petersburg, the battles of Chaffin's Bluff and Poplar Spring Church, September 29 - October 2, 1864 / Richard J. Sommers ; foreword by Frank E. Vandiver.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sommers, Richard, author.

Vandiver, Frank E., author of introduction, etc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865.

Petersburg (Va.).

Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Virginia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (697 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

El Dorado Hills, Califiornia : Savas Beatie, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Richmond Redeemed pioneered study of Civil War Petersburg. The original (and long out of print) award-winning 1981 edition conveyed an epic narrative of crucial military operations in early autumn 1864 that had gone unrecognized for more than 100 years. Readers will rejoice that Richard J. Sommers's masterpiece, in a revised Sesquicentennial edition, is once again available.This monumental study focuses on Grant's Fifth Offensive (September 29 - October 2, 1864), primarily the Battles of Chaffin's Bluff (Fort Harrison) and Poplar Spring Church (Peebles' Farm). The Union attack north of the Jam

Contents:

List of Maps; List of Photographs; Preface to the 150th Anniversary Edition; Acknowledgments for the 150th Anniversary Edition; Foreword to the First Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Acknowledgments for the First Edition; Chapter 1 "A Mere Question of Time" ; Chapter 2 "The Object . . . Is to Surprise and Capture Richmond"; Chapter 3 "Dah, Now! . . . Caw'pul Dick Done Dead!" ; Chapter 4 "Hold the Intermediate Line at All Hazards"; Chapter 5 "We Mowed Them Down like Grass" ; Chapter 6 "You Must Discard the Idea of Receiving Re-enforcements . . ."

Chapter 7 "The Whole Army Will Be Under Arms Ready to Move . . ." Chapter 8 "The Enemy Must Be Weak Enough . . . to Let Us In"; Chapter 9 "Rolling over the Field like a Large Wave" ; Chapter 10 "Push On . . . Without Reference to Any One Else" ; Chapter 11 "Damn Dunovant!"; Chapter 12 "It Was an Awful Time . . . Charging . . . in the Rain" ; Chapter 13 "This Delay Is Unpardonable" ; Chapter 14 "I Shall Not Attack Their Intrenchments" ; Chapter 15 Richmond Redeemed; Appendix A: Order of Battle; Appendix B: Casualties; Appendix C: Timeline of Significant Dates

Appendix D: Senior Officers of the Fifth OffensiveNotes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 25, 2014).

ISBN:

9781611212105

1611212103

9781611212112

1611212111