The last citadel
Petersburg, Virginia, June 1864-April 1865
Louisiana pbk. ed.
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Author
Publication
1993 - Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Language
English
Word Count
128,500 words, Guess
Page Count
514 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Internet Archivelastcitadelpeter0000trud_v9k6
- ISBN-100807118613
- ISBN-139780807118610
- Goodreads44267
- LibraryThing369249
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- Library of Congress Control Number93007020
- OCLC Control Number27680291
- Better World Books9780807118610
- Open LibraryOL1399351M
Classifications
- DDC973.7/37
- LCCE476.93 .T78 1993
Description
The Last Citadel is the only full-length treatment of the most extensive military operation of the Civil War -- the siege of Petersburg, Virginia, which by its bloody end had added more than 70,000 casualties to the war's total. Because it lay astride five major railroad lines that supplied Richmond, the Confederate capital, Petersburg was key to the war effort in the East. With the same dogged determination that had seen him through the Overland campaign, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant fixed his sights on the capture of the city. His Confederate counterpart Gen. Robert E. Lee, was equally determined that Petersburg would not fall. Noah Andre Trudeau's compelling account of the siege of Petersburg is told largely through the words of the men and women who were there, including officers, common soldiers, and the town's citizens. What emerges is an epic story rich in human incident and adventure. - Back cover.
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