A Grand Opening Squandered: The Battle for Petersburg, June 6-18, 1864

by Sean Michael Chick

May and June 1864 in Virginia witnessed some of the most brutal and bloody fighting of the Civil War. After the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, North Anna, and Cold Harbor, combined losses for the two armies exceeded 80,000 men killed, wounded, and captured. And the result after all that carnage was a stalemate outside the gates of Richmond.

Federal Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant remained undeterred and set his armies toward their next target:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611217210
• ISBN13: 9781611217216
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Savas Beatie
• Length: 192 Pages