A campaign of giants : the battle for Petersburg. Volume 2, From the Crater's aftermath to the Battle of Burgess Mill / A. Wilson Greene.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greene, A. Wilson, author.

Series:

Civil War America (Series)

Civil War America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

United States.

Petersburg Crater, Battle of, Va., 1864.

Boydton Plank Road, Battle of, Va., 1864.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.

Physical Description:

xiii, 693 pages : maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2025]

Summary:

"Grinding, bloody, and ultimately decisive, the Petersburg Campaign was the Civil War's longest and among the most complex. A Campaign of Giants: the Battle for Petersburg offers a gripping, comprehensive history of the decisive campaign in the eastern theater. In this second of three volumes, A. Wilson Greene narrates the critical months from August through October 1865, during which Ulysses S. Grant's army group launched three major offensives against Robert E. Lee's defenses around Petersburg and the Confederate capital in Richmond...Supported by thirthy-four detailed maps, Greene's narrative chronicles these bloody engagements using many previously unpublished primary accounts from common soldiers and ranking officers alike."--from dust jacket.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781469684819

1469684810

OCLC:

1472945355