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A. Wilson Greene A Campaign of Giants - the Battle for Petersburg (Hardback). The Confederates counterpunched after each Union advance and conducted a spectacular cavalry raid that netted almost 2,500 cattle from Federal grazing grounds. The struggle for Petersburg is often characterized as a siege, but Greene's narrative demonstrates that it was dynamic, involving maneuver and combat equal in intensity to that of any major Civil War operation. Further DetailsTitle: A Campaign of Giants - the Battle for Petersburg Condition: New Description: Grinding, bloody, and ultimately decisive, the Petersburg Campaign was the Civil War's longest and among its most complex. A Campaign of Giants: The Battle for Petersburg offers a gripping, comprehensive history of the decisive campaign in the eastern theater. In this second of three volumes, A. Wilson Greene narrates the critical months from August through October 1864, during which Ulysses S. Grant's army group launched three major offensives against Robert E. Lee's defenses around Petersburg and the Confederate capital in Richmond. The Confederates counterpunched after each Union advance and conducted a spectacular cavalry raid that netted almost 2,500 cattle from Federal grazing grounds. But as winter approached, Grant had captured one of Lee's primary supply routes and extended the lines around Petersburg and Richmond to some thirty-five miles.Supported by thirty-four detailed maps, Greene's narrative chronicles these bloody engagements using many previously unpublished primary accounts from common soldiers and ranking officers alike. The struggle for Petersburg is often characterized as a siege, but Greene's narrative demonstrates that it was dynamic, involving maneuver and combat equal in intensity to that of any major Civil War operation. Author: A. Wilson Greene Format: Hardback EAN: 9781469684819 Language: English ISBN-10: 1469684810 ISBN: 9781469684819 Item Height: 235mm Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press Country/Region of Manufacture: US Genre: History Release Date: 04/08/2025 Type: Land Forces Item Length: 155mm Subtitle: Volume 2: from the Crater's Aftermath to the Battle of Burgess Mill Topic: Military History Series: Civil War America Release Year: 2025 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
