Petersburg (Sieges)

By Bruce L. Brager

Book Overview

The siege of Petersburg, Virginia, was the prime focus of the Union Army in the eastern United States during the last year of the Civil War. Lasting almost a year, the siege was a combination of a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791071006
• ISBN13: 9780791071007
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Chelsea House Publications
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 9.7"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12

Customer Reviews

A detailed description of a battle that was a harbinger of the First World War

The siege of Petersburg was the final battle of the American Civil War and nearly everyone who took part in it knew that to be the case. As Brager points out several times, even the foot soldiers understood that if the Union forces were to prevail and take control of Petersburg, the Confederacy would be no more. Sherman had taken Atlanta and had reached the Atlantic and was slowly turning his mighty army northward. Fortunately...