In the Trenches at Petersburg Field Fortifications and Confederate Defeat |
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| Author:
| Hess, Earl J. |
| Series title: | Civil War America Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4696-0995-9 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2013 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $40.00 |
Book Description:
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Recounts the strategic and tactical operations around Petersburg during the last ten months of the US Civil War. Earl J. Hess covers all aspects of the Petersburg campaign, from important engagements that punctuated the long months of siege to mining and countermining operations, the fashioning of wire entanglements and the laying of torpedo fields to impede attacks, and the construction of underground shelters.
Recounts the strategic and tactical operations around Petersburg during the last ten months of the US Civil War. Earl J. Hess covers all aspects of the Petersburg campaign, from important engagements that punctuated the long months of siege to mining and countermining operations, the fashioning of wire entanglements and the laying of torpedo fields to impede attacks, and the construction of underground shelters.