The Siege of Petersburg: The Battles for the Weldon Railroad, August 1864

by John Horn

Book Overview

The nine-month siege of Petersburg was the longest continuous operation of the American Civil War. A series of large-scale Union "offensives," grand maneuvers that triggered some of the fiercest battles of the war, broke the monotony of static trench warfare. Grant's Fourth Offensive, August 14-25, the longest and bloodiest operation of the campaign, is the subject of John Horn's revised and updated Sesquicentennial edition of The Siege of Petersburg:...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611212162
• ISBN13: 9781611212167
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Savas Beatie
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"