The Petersburg Campaign: The Western Front Battles, September 1864 April 1865, Volume 2The wide-ranging and largely misunderstood series of operations around Petersburg, Virginia, were the longest and most extensive of the entire Civil War. The fighting that began in early June 1864 when advance elements from the Union Army of the Potomac crossed the James River and botched a series of attacks against a thinly defended city would not end for nine long months. This important many would say decisive fighting is presented by legendary Civil War author Edwin C. Bearss in The Petersburg Campaign: The Western Front Battles, September 1864 April 1865, Volume 2, the second in a ground-breaking, two-volume compendium. Although commonly referred to as the Siege of Petersburg, that city (as well as the Confederate capital at Richmond) was never fully isolated and the combat involved much more than static trench warfare. In fact, much of the wide-ranging fighting involved large-scale Union offensives designed to cut important roads and the five rail lines feeding Petersburg and Richmond. This volume of Bearss study includes these major battles: - Peeble s Farm (September 29 October 1, 1864) - Burgess Mills (October 27, 1864) - Hatcher Run (February 5 7, 1865) - Fort Stedman (March 25, 1865) - Five Forks Campaign (March 29 April 1, 1865) - The Sixth Corps Breaks Lee s Petersburg Lines (April 2, 1865) Accompanying these salient chapters are original maps by Civil War cartographer Steven Stanley, together with photos and illustrations. The result is a richer and deeper understanding of the major military episodes comprising the Petersburg Campaign. |
Contents
The Battle of Peebles Farm | 1 |
October 27 1864 | 82 |
The Battle of Hatchers | 165 |
and Union Defense of Fort Stedman | 241 |
Prelude to the Five Forks Campaign | 310 |
The Five Forks Campaign | 380 |
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advance Appomattox Appomattox River Armstrong’s Army artillery assault attack Ayres Bartlett’s Battery battle line Baxter’s bluecoats Boisseau’s Boydton Plank Road breastworks Burgess Mill Butler’s captured Carolinians cavalry Chamberlain’s Colonel column command post Confederate Corps crossed Dabney’s Mill Davies deployed Dinwiddie Court House dismounted enemy enemy’s Federals fire Fitz Lee Five Forks force Fort Stedman front Gordon Grant Gravelly Run Gregg grey clads Griffin’s guns Hancock Hartranft Hatcher’s Run headquarters Heth Heth’s horse soldiers Humphreys Ibid II Corps infantry left flank Lieutenant line of battle Massachusetts McAllister’s McGowan’s Meade Meade’s Miles Mott Mott’s moved North Carolina orders Parke Pegram’s Pennsylvania Petersburg picket line Pickett’s position Potter’s Quaker Road reached rear Rebel regiments reported rifle pits right flank rode Rooney Lee’s sent sharpshooters Sheridan skirmishers Smyth’s soldiers South Side Railroad Stedman Trobriand troopers troops Union Vaughan Road Virginia Warren White Oak Road Willcox’s woods York