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The final battles of the Petersburg Campaign : breaking the backbone of the Rebellion
- Title
- The final battles of the Petersburg Campaign : breaking the backbone of the Rebellion / A. Wilson Greene.
- Author
- Greene, A. Wilson.
- Publication
- Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c2008.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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- Additional Authors
- Greene, A. Wilson.
- Description
- xvii, 573 p. : ill., plans; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Petersburg (Va.) > History > Siege, 1864-1865
- Note
- First ed. published under the title: Breaking the backbone of the Rebellion : the final battles of the Petersburg Campaign. Mason City, Iowa : Savas Pub. Co., 2000.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [513]-539) and index.
- Contents
- Battles and leaders in 1864 Virginia -- The Sixth Corps prepares for the spring campaign -- A.P. Hill's corps survives the winter -- Strategy and combat in February and March 1865 -- Prelude to breakthrough, March 26-April 1 -- Final preparations -- The breakthrough -- Consequences of the breakthrough -- The defense and capture of Fort Gregg -- Hold on until nightfall -- The fall of Petersburg -- Postscript: The breakthrough in perspective -- Appendix 1: The battlefields today -- Appendix 2: Order of battle.
- ISBN
- 9781572336100 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 1572336102 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2007034100
- OCLC
- ocn167498806
- SCSB-1469262
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library