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Petersburg 1864-65 : the longest siege / by Ron Field ; illustrated by Peter Dennis.

Title
Petersburg 1864-65 : the longest siege / by Ron Field ; illustrated by Peter Dennis.
Author
Field, Ron.
Publication
Oxford : Osprey, 2009.

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Additional Authors
Dennis, Peter.
Description
96 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.); 25 cm.
Summary
Details the actions of the siege of Petersburg, Virginia-- the last clash between the armies of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. 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. Concludes with a brief snapshot of the Petersburg National Battlefield is given as it exists today.
Series Statement
Campaign ; 208
Uniform Title
Campaign (Osprey Publishing) 208.
Subject
  • Petersburg Crater, Battle of, Va., 1864
  • Petersburg (Va.) > History > Siege, 1864-1865
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 95) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
eighteenhundredsixtyfour to eighteenhundredsixtyfive.
ISBN
  • 9781846033551 (pbk.)
  • 1846033551 (pbk.)
OCLC
246886547
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library