Publication

2015 - Potomac Books, Incorporated

Language

English

Word Count

120,000 words, Guess

Page Count

480 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCE476.93.C53 2015
  • LCCE476.93 .C53 2015

Description

"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 Army of Northern Virginia. In spite of having outrmanoeuvred Lee, after three days of battle in which the Confederates at Petersburg were severely outnumbered, Union forces failed to take the city, and their final, futile attack on the fourth day only added to already staggering casualties. By holding Petersburg against great odds, the Confederacy arguably won its last great strategic victory of the Civil War."--Book jacket.

Subjects

Topics

HistoryVirginia, historySiege of Petersburg (Virginia : 1864-1865) fast (OCoLC)fst01354895 (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01354895

Other Editions

  • Battle of Petersburg, June 15-18 1864Potomac Books, Incorporated2015

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