Civil War Petersburg: Confederate City in the Crucible of War

by A. Wilson Greene

Few wartime cities in Virginia held more importance than Petersburg. Nonetheless, the city has, until now, lacked an adequate military history, let alone a history of the civilian home front. The noted Civil War historian A. Wilson Greene now provides an expertly researched, eloquently written study of the city that was second only to Richmond in size and strategic significance. Industrial, commercial, and extremely prosperous, Petersburg was also...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813925703
• ISBN13: 9780813925707
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.4"