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The Petersburg Campaign : June 1864-April title: 1865 Great Campaigns author: Horn, John. publisher: Combined Publishing isbn10 | asin: 0938289284 print isbn13: 9780938289289 ebook isbn13: 9780585193908 language: English Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864- subject 1865. publication date: 1993 lcc: E476.93.H68 1993eb ddc: 973.7/37 Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864- subject: 1865. Page 1 GREAT CAMPAIGNS The Petersburg Campaign Page 2 GREAT CAMPAIGN SERIES The Atlanta Campaign The Chancellorsville Campaign The Gettysburg Campaign The Little Bighorn Campaign The Peninsula Campaign The Petersburg Campaign The Philadelphia Campaign The Waterloo Campaign The Wilderness Campaign Page 3 GREAT CAMPAIGNS The Petersburg Campaign June 1864 - April 1865 John Horn COMBINED BOOKS Pennsylvania Page 4 PUBLISHER'S NOTE Combined Books, Inc., is dedicated to publishing books of distinction in history and military history. We are proud of the quality of writing and the quantity of information found in our books. Our books are manufactured with style and durability and are printed on acid-free paper. We like to think of our books as soldiers: not infantry grunts, but well dressed and well equipped avant garde. Our logo reflects our commitment to the modern and yet historic art of bookmaking. We call ourselves Combined Books because we view the publishing enterprise as a "combined" effort of authors, publishers and readers. And we promise to bridge the gap between us-a gap which is all too seldom closed in contemporary publishing. We would like to hear from our readers and invite you to write to us at our offices in Pennsylvania with your reactions, queries, comments, even complaints. All of your correspondence will be answered directly by a member of the Editorial Board or by the author. We encourage all of our readers to purchase our books from their local booksellers, and we hope that you let us know of booksellers in your area that might be interested in carrying our books. If you are unable to find a book in your area, please write to us. For information, address: COMBINED BOOKS, INC. 151 East 10th Avenue Conshohocken, PA 19428 Copyright © 1993 by John Horn All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electrical, mechanical or otherwise without first seeking the written permission of the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Horn, John (John Edward) The Petersburg campaign : June 1864-April 1865 / by John Horn. p. cm. (Great campaigns) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-938289-28-4 : $22.95 1. Petersburg (Va.)HistorySiege, 1864-1865. I. Title. II. Series. E476.93.H68 1993 973.7'37dc20 93- 13890 CIP Combined Books Edition 1 2 3 4 5 First published in the USA in 1993 by Combined Books and distributed in North America by Stackpole Books, Inc., 5067 Ritter Road, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 and internationally by Greenhill Books, Lionel Leventhal Ltd., 1 Russell Gardens, London NW11 9NN Printed in Hong Kong. Page 5 To Matt and Helen Kelley of Powhatan County, Virginia Page 6 Acknowledgments As far as I am concerned, anyone who reads and comments on somebody else's manuscript deserves a medal. If I could, I would pin decorations on (in alphabetical order) Ed Bearss, John Hendron, Bryce Suderow and Andy Trudeau. Scarcely a page of this book failed to benefit from their suggestions and corrections. Any remaining errors are entirely my responsibility. Reading a manuscript is one thing. Deciphering a microfilm copy of an ancient dairy scrawled in pencil and later retraced in ink is above and beyond the call of duty. Without Bill Zielinski's time and effort, George S. Bernard's war diaries would have remained largely untranscribable. Thanks, again Bill. Thanks are also due Mrs. Alexander Hamilton for permission to publish the excerpts from Bernard's diaries, and to the staff of the University of Virginia's Alderman Library for their assistance in microfilming. Stylistic Note I have generally referred to the various corps, divisions and brigades of both sides by the surnames of their commanders. This was the ordinary practice in the Confederate armies, but not with the Union forces. To distinguish between the official unit names and my own unofficial designations, I have capitalized the unit name in the former case but not in the latter. Some Confederate brigades retained the name of a former commander. Wright's Brigade, for example, was for a short time led by Brigadier General Victor J.B. Girardey. Another, the Texas Brigade, was known by its nickname. A number of Union brigades are also referred to by their nicknames: the Maryland Brigade of the V Corps and the Vermont Brigade of the VI Corps. To further simplify matters several ahistorical conventions have been adopted in this work: 1. The identities of Union units are in italics. 2. Union Army corps have been designated with Roman numerals. 3. Times have been rendered on a 24-hour basis. Page 7 Contents Preface to the Series 9 I. War Comes to the Cockade City 11 II. The Battle of Old Men and Young Boys 35 III. The Opening Assaults 47 IV. War Against the Railroads 75 V. The Battle of the Crater 97 VI. The Destruction of the Weldon Railroad 123 VII. Fort Harrison and Peebles Farm 155 VIII. Fair Oaks and Burgess Mill 175 IX. The Apple Jack Raid 189 X. The Battle of Hatcher's Run 199 XI. The Battle of Fort Stedman 209 XII. Five Forks and the Fall of Petersburg 219 Guide for the Interested Reader 251 Orders of Battle 259 Index 288
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