The Petersburg Campaign. Volume 2: The Western Front Battles, September 1864 - April 1865

Winner, 2014, The Douglas Southall Freeman Award

The wide-ranging and largely ignored operations around Petersburg, Virginia, were the longest and most extensive of the entire Civil War. The fighting began in June of 1864, when advance elements from the Union Army of the Potomac crossed the James River and botched a series of attacks against a thinly defended city. The fighting ended nine long months later in the first days of April of 1865. In Volume I of The Petersburg Campaign, legendary hi…