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The Petersburg campaign was a long siege operation of grueling trench warfare marked by bloody battles, incompetence, political maneuvering and cowardice. It was the type of campaign neither the Union nor the Confederacy wanted. The conflict around the Virginia town led to the decline of Lees Army of Northern Virginia and the surrender of the Confederate capital at Richmond. After the fall of Petersburg, the end of the Civil War was only a matter of days. Special charts cover strengths and losses for both sides, Confederate desertion rates, and statistics for the Civil Wars other sieges. Sidebars discuss styles of command, the Crater explosion, the role of snipers and sharpshooters, and the campaigns no-quarter encounters between Southern whites and Union men of color.

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title The Petersburg Campaign June 1864-April 1865 Great Campaigns - photo 1

title:The Petersburg Campaign : June 1864-April 1865 Great Campaigns
author:Horn, John.
publisher:Combined Publishing
isbn10 | asin:0938289284
print isbn13:9780938289289
ebook isbn13:9780585193908
language:English
subjectPetersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865.
publication date:1993
lcc:E476.93.H68 1993eb
ddc:973.7/37
subject:Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865.
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GREAT CAMPAIGNS
The Petersburg Campaign
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GREAT CAMPAIGN SERIES
The Atlanta Campaign
The Chancellorsville Campaign
The Gettysburg Campaign
The Little Bighorn Campaign
The Peninsula Campaign
The Petersburg Campaign
The Philadelphia Campaign
The Waterloo Campaign
The Wilderness Campaign
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GREAT CAMPAIGNS
The Petersburg Campaign
June 1864 - April 1865
John Horn
COMBINED BOOKS
Pennsylvania
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PUBLISHER'S NOTE
Combined Books, Inc., is dedicated to publishing books of distinction in history and military history. We are proud of the quality of writing and the quantity of information found in our books. Our books are manufactured with style and durability and are printed on acid-free paper. We like to think of our books as soldiers: not infantry grunts, but well dressed and well equipped avant garde. Our logo reflects our commitment to the modern and yet historic art of bookmaking.
We call ourselves Combined Books because we view the publishing enterprise as a "combined" effort of authors, publishers and readers. And we promise to bridge the gap between us-a gap which is all too seldom closed in contemporary publishing.
We would like to hear from our readers and invite you to write to us at our offices in Pennsylvania with your reactions, queries, comments, even complaints. All of your correspondence will be answered directly by a member of the Editorial Board or by the author.
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Copyright 1993 by John Horn All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electrical, mechanical or otherwise without first seeking the written permission of the publisher.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Horn, John (John Edward)
The Petersburg campaign : June 1864-April 1865 / by John Horn.
p. cm. (Great campaigns)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-938289-28-4 : $22.95
1. Petersburg (Va.)HistorySiege, 1864-1865. I. Title. II. Series.
E476.93.H68 1993
973.7'37dc20 93-13890
CIP
Combined Books Edition 1 2 3 4 5
First published in the USA in 1993 by Combined Books and distributed in North America by Stackpole Books, Inc., 5067 Ritter Road, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 and internationally by Greenhill Books, Lionel Leventhal Ltd., 1 Russell Gardens, London NW11 9NN Printed in Hong Kong.
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To Matt and Helen Kelley of Powhatan
County, Virginia
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Acknowledgments
As far as I am concerned, anyone who reads and comments on somebody else's manuscript deserves a medal. If I could, I would pin decorations on (in alphabetical order) Ed Bearss, John Hendron, Bryce Suderow and Andy Trudeau. Scarcely a page of this book failed to benefit from their suggestions and corrections. Any remaining errors are entirely my responsibility.
Reading a manuscript is one thing. Deciphering a microfilm copy of an ancient dairy scrawled in pencil and later retraced in ink is above and beyond the call of duty. Without Bill Zielinski's time and effort, George S. Bernard's war diaries would have remained largely untranscribable. Thanks, again Bill.
Thanks are also due Mrs. Alexander Hamilton for permission to publish the excerpts from Bernard's diaries, and to the staff of the University of Virginia's Alderman Library for their assistance in microfilming.
Stylistic Note
I have generally referred to the various corps, divisions and brigades of both sides by the surnames of their commanders. This was the ordinary practice in the Confederate armies, but not with the Union forces. To distinguish between the official unit names and my own unofficial designations, I have capitalized the unit name in the former case but not in the latter. Some Confederate brigades retained the name of a former commander. Wright's Brigade, for example, was for a short time led by Brigadier General Victor J.B. Girardey. Another, the Texas Brigade, was known by its nickname. A number of Union brigades are also referred to by their nicknames: the Maryland Brigade of the V Corps and the Vermont Brigade of the VI Corps.
To further simplify matters several ahistorical conventions have been adopted in this work:
1. The identities of Union units are in italics.
2. Union Army corps have been designated with Roman numerals.
3. Times have been rendered on a 24-hour basis.
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