In the Trenches at Petersburg: Field Fortifications & Confederate Defeat

by Earl J. Hess

Book Overview

In the Trenches at Petersburg, the final volume of Earl J. Hess's trilogy of works on the fortifications of the Civil War, recounts the strategic and tactical operations around Petersburg during the last ten months of the Civil War. Hess covers all aspects of the Petersburg campaign, from important engagements that punctuated the long months of siege to mining and countermining operations, the fashioning of wire entanglements and the laying...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469609959
• ISBN13: 9781469609959
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"