| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 403 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Civil War America |
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Civil War America (Series)
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| Contents |
Engineers and war -- Crossing the James River -- Three days in June -- Searching for a solution -- Digging in -- Soldiering in the trenches -- The third offensive -- The crater -- August -- The fourth offensive -- September -- The fifth offensive -- October and the sixth offensive -- November, December, and January -- Winter -- The seventh offensive, February, and March -- Fort Stedman and the eighth offensive -- The ninth offensive, April 2 |
| Summary |
Hess recounts the strategic and tactical operations around Petersburg during the last ten months of the Civil War. He covers all aspects of the Petersburg campaign, from important engagements that punctuated the 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 to protect the men manning the works. The book humanises the experience of the soldiers working in the fortifications and reveals the human cost of trench warfare in the waning days of the struggle |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Fortification -- Virginia -- Petersburg -- History
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Fortification, Field -- History -- 19th century
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HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
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Intrenchments
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Fortification
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Fortification, Field
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Military readiness
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| SUBJECT |
Confederate States of America -- Defenses -- History
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Petersburg (Va.) -- History -- Siege, 1864-1865.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95002069
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United States -- Defenses -- History -- 19th century
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Trench warfare
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Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Trench warfare
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| Subject |
United States
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United States -- Confederate States of America
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Virginia
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Virginia -- Petersburg
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2008053307 |
| ISBN |
9780807882351 |
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0807882356 |
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9781469603261 |
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1469603268 |
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