Research Catalog

Title

The last citadel : Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865 / Noah Andre Trudeau.

Author

Trudeau, Noah Andre, 1949-

Publication

California : Savas Beatie, [2014]

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Description

xv, 520 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

The Petersburg campaign began on June 9, 1864, and ended on April 3, 1865, when Federal troops at last entered the city. It was the longest and most costly siege ever to take place on North American soil, yet it has been overshadowed by other actions that occurred at the same time period, most notably Sherman's famous "March to the Sea," and Sheridan's celebrated Shenandoah Valley campaign. The ten-month Petersburg affair witnessed many more combat actions than the other two combined, and involved an average of 170,000 soldiers, not to mention thousands of civilians who were also caught up in the maelstrom. By its bloody end, the Petersburg campaign would add more than 70,000 casualties to the war's total.

Subject

• American Civil War (1861-1865)
• Siege of Petersburg (Virginia : 1864-1865)
• 1861-1865
• Petersburg (Va.) > History > Siege, 1864-1865
• Virginia > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
• Virginia
• Virginia > Petersburg

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 466-503) and index.

Contents

Prologue: A distant thunder -- "Petersburg is to be and shall be defended" -- "It was a marvel of a move" -- Part I. Enemy at the gates -- "Hold on at all hazards!" -- "I have determined to try to envelop Petersburg" -- "The destructive work of the shells was visible on every hand" -- "The saddest affair I have ever witnessed in the war" -- Part II. Fighting right, fighting left -- "It was terrible -- awful -- terrific" -- "Fire low! Low! Low!" -- "Hello! Yanks! Want any fresh beef?" -- Dateline: Petersburg -- "Everything now hinges on the election" -- Part III. The last winter of war -- "Starvation parties" -- "We cannot believe Americans can do these things" -- "When we weren't killing each other, we were the best of friends" -- "Proper subjects for the hangman" -- Part IV. An end, a beginning -- "The tremendous possibility" -- "I have ordered a general assault along the lines" -- Epilogue: a distant thunder -- "My kitchen is full of soldiers" -- "I hoped to capture them soon."

ISBN

• 9781611212129
• 161121212X
• 9781940669564 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781611212136 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2014019217

OCLC

• 880122561
• ocn880122561

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library