Synopses & Reviews
Lasting from June 1864 through April 1965, the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign was the longest of the Civil War, dwarfing even the Atlanta and Vicksburg campaigns in its scope and complexity. This compact yet comprehensive guide allows armchair historian and battlefield visitor alike to follow the campaign's course, with a clear view of its multi-faceted strategic, operation, tactical, and human dimensions.
A concise, single-volume collection of official reports and personal accounts, the guide is organized in one-day and multi-day itineraries that take the reader to all the battlefields of the campaign, some of which have never before been interpreted and described for the visitor so extensively. Comprehensive campaign and battle maps reflect troop movements, historical terrain features, and modern roads for ease of understanding and navigation. A uniquely useful resource for the military enthusiast and the battlefield traveler, this is the essential guide for anyone hoping to see the historic landscape and the human face of this most decisive campaign of the Civil War.
Synopsis
The most thorough and accurate guide book available for one of the most complex and prolonged campaigns of the Civil War by two experts in military history and Civil War battlefield sites.
About the Author
Charles R. Bowery, Jr. is an officer in the U. S. Army who has taught Civil War history at West Point, led tours of Civil War battlefield sites, and authored Lee and Grant: Profiles in Leadership from the Battlefields of Virginia. Ethan S. Rafuse is a professor of military history at the U. S. Army Command and General Staff College. He is the author, editor, or coeditor of nine books, including McClellan's War: The Failure of Moderation in the Struggle for the Union and Robert E. Lee and the Fall of the Confederacy, 18631865.
Table of Contents
List of Maps and Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
How to Use This Book
Part I: Petersburg National Battlefield
First Petersburg
Summary of Principal Events, 13-18 June 1864
1. Battery No. 6
2. Battery No. 5
3. Battery No. 8
4. Battery No. 9
5. Harrison's Creek
6. First Maine Heavy Artillery Monument
7. Taylor Farm
The Battle of Fort Stedman
Summary of Principal Events, 6 February - 25 March 1865
1. Colquitt's Salient
2. Planning the Assault
3. The Assault on Fort Stedman
4. The Capture of Fort Stedman
5. The Federal Counterattack
6. The Failure of the Attack
The Battle of the Crater
Summary of Principal Events, 19 june - 31 July 1864
1. Taylor Farm
2. The Mine
3. The Crater
4. The Mahone Monument
5. The Crater
Part II: Excursions
Excursion 1: From Cold Harbor to Petersburg
Summary of Principal Events, 27 May - 15 June 1864
1. Cold Harbor
2. Long Bridge
3. Glendale
4. Crossing the James
5. Baylor Farm
Excursion 2: City Point
1. Appomattox Overlook
2. Grant's Cabin
3. The Wharf
Excursion 3: Deep Bottom
Summary of Principal Events, 18 June - 31 August 1864
1. Deep Bottom
2. Strawberry Plains
3. Darby/Enroughty Farm
4. Fussell's Mill
5. The Capture of the Rockbridge Artillery
6. New Market Heights and Fussell's Mill
7. Cavalry Engagement on the Charles City Road
Excursion 4: Fort Harrison and Darbytown Road
Summary of Principal Events, 1 September - 8 October 1864
1. Deep Bottom
2. New market Heights
3. Laurel Hill and the Tenth Corps Attack
4. Fort Gilmer
5. Varina Road
6. Fort Harrison
7. Fort Hoke
8. Darbytown Road
Excursion 5: Westward Movements
Summary of Principal Events, 18 June 1864 - 7 February 1865
1. Fort Davis
2. Fort Alexander Hays
3. Richard Bland College
4. Globe Tavern
5. Fort Wadsworth
6. Oak Grove Church
7. Reams Station Battlefield
8. Sharon Church
9. Fort Archer
10. Fort Urmston
11. Fort Fisher
12. Dabney's Mill
13. Burger's Mill
14. Hatcher's Run
Excursion 6: the Fall of Petersburg
Summary of Principal Events, 6 February - 3 April 1865
1. Dinwiddie Church of the Nazarene
2. Lewis Farm
3. White Oak Road
4. Dinwiddie Court-House
5. Chamberlain's Bed
6. The Federal Plan, 1 April 1865
7. The Shad Bake and the Confederate Plan
8. The Angle
9. The Waterloo of the Confederacy
10. Mumford's Stand
11. Sutherland Station
12. Fort Gregg
Appendix I: Orders of Battle—June 15, 1864
Appendix II: Orders of Battle—September 29, 1864
Appendix III: Orders of Battle—April 1 1865
Bibliography
Index