...stark metaphor: "It would have gone like a rotten branch."23 Beauregard, too, would testify that it "was clearly at the mercy of the Federal commander who had all but captured it."24 And it was said of Warren that if he had marched promptly up the winding north-south highway...

...from Lee had arrived and failed to push on. "Petersburg at that hour," wrote Beauregard after the war, "was clearly at the mercy of the Federal commander, who had all but captured it."'3 More such missed opportunities crowded the next three days. On the night of June 15-16, Beauregard's...

...from Lee had arrived and failed to push on. "Petersburg at that hour," wrote Beauregard after the war, "was clearly at the mercy of the Federal commander, who had all but captured it."'3 More such missed opportunities crowded the next three days. On the night of June 15-16, Beauregard's...

...many ofwhoni were taken from the Bermuda H und red front. Aftertlie war he wrote. -Petershurg at thai hour was clearly at the mercy of the Federal commander. who had all hut captured it.That night Smith's corps was relieved hy US General Hancock's ll Corps. which captured...

...evening of the 1 5th faced perhaps 38,000 Federals. Beauregard later wrote that Petersburg was then "clearly at the mercy of the Federal commander, who...the fact of the unparalleled disparity between the two contending forces." PGT Bcauregard, "Four Days of Battle at Petersburg," Battles and Leaders of...

...after elements of the VI Corps relieved it.-11 Smith had missed a real opportunity. Beauregard wrote, "Petersburg at that hour was clearly at the mercy of the Federal commander, who had all but captured it."12 Confederate troops arrived on June 16 to reinforce Beauregard's positions, and Federal attacks...

...than two miles of earthworks and fifteen pieces of artillery. Beauregard wrote later that "Petersburg was clearly at the mercy of the Federal commander, who had all but captured it."11 Smith, however, failed to exploit his advantage. Overcome once again by caution, and fearing...

...Now it was up to Hancock to finish the job by attacking on Smith's left. Beauregard had been lucky. "Petersburg at that hour was clearly at the mercy of the Federal commander," he later wrote, "who had all but captured it, and only failed of final success because he could not...

...listened to, I heard that night." Even General Beauregard knew his fate was sealed. He later wrote, "Petersburg at that hour was clearly at the mercy...the Federal commander who had all but captured it." But, there were more blunders to come. On June 17, more reinforcements arrived and, although he now...

...two of his divisions — Birney's and Gibbon's — to give him whatever assistance he might require. Petersburg at that hour was clearly at the mercy of...the fact of the unparalleled disparity between the two contending forces. Although the result of the fighting of the 15th had demonstrated that two thousand...