The First Battle for Petersburg: The Attack and Defense of the Cockade City, June 9, 1864

by William Robertson and William Glenn Robertson

Despite its significance, very little has been written about the nearly ten-month struggle for Petersburg, Virginia. It comes as no surprise, then, that few readers are even aware that Petersburg's citizens felt war's hard hand nearly a week before the armies of Grant and Lee arrived on their doorstep in the middle of June 1864.

During his ill-fated Bermuda Hundred Campaign, Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler in late May took note of the "Cockade City's"...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611212146
• ISBN13: 9781611212143
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Savas Beatie
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.0"