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Petersburg 1864-65 - The Longest Siege

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Campaign Series - American Civil & Revolutionary Wars

Last Stocked on 6/26/2017

Product Info

Title
Petersburg 1864-65 - The Longest Siege
Publisher
Category
Author
Ron Field
Publish Year
2009
Pages
96
Dimensions
8x10x.25"
NKG Part #
2147401530
MFG. Part #
OSPCAM208
Type
Softcover
Series
CAM208

Description

In 1864 General Ulysses S. Grant decided to strangle the life out of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia by surrounding the city of Petersburg and cutting off General Robert E. Lee’s supply lines. The ensuing siege would carry on for nearly ten months, involve 160,000 soldiers, and see a number of pitched battles including the Battle of the Crater, Reams Station, Hatcher’s Run, and White Oak Road. After nearly ten months, Grant launched an attack that sent the Confederate army scrambling back to Appomattox Court House where it would soon surrender. Written by an expert on the American Civil War, this book examines the last clash between the armies of U.S. Grant and Robert E. Lee.