Guide to the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign (U.S. Army War College Guides to Civil War Battles) - Softcover

 
9780700619603: Guide to the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign (U.S. Army War College Guides to Civil War Battles)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0700619607 ISBN 13: 9780700619603
Publisher: University Press of Kansas, 2014

Synopsis

Lasting from June 1864 through April 1865, the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign was the longest of the Civil War, dwarfing even the Atlanta and Vicksburg campaigns in its scope and complexity. This compact yet comprehensive guide allows armchair historian and battlefield visitor alike to follow the campaign’s course, with a clear view of its multi-faceted strategic, operation, tactical and human dimensions.

A concise, single-volume collection of official reports and personal accounts, the guide is organised in one-day and multi-day itineraries that take the reader to all the battlefields of the campaign, some of which have never before been interpreted and described for the visitor so extensively. Comprehensive campaign and battle maps reflect troop movements, historical terrain features and modern roads for ease of understanding and navigation. A uniquely useful resource for the military enthusiast and the battlefield traveller, this is the essential guide for anyone hoping to see the historic landscape and the human face of this most decisive campaign of the Civil War.

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About the Author

Charles R. Bowery Jr. is an officer in the U.S. Army who has taught Civil War history at West Point, led tours of Civil War battlefield sites and authored Lee and Grant: Profiles in Leadership from the Battlefields of Virginia.

Ethan S. Rafuse is a professor of military history at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. He is the author, editor or coeditor of nine books, including McClellan’s War: The Failure of Moderation in the Struggle for the Union and Robert E. Lee and the Fall of the Confederacy, 1863-1865.

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Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0700619607
ISBN 13 
9780700619603
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
420
Editor
Jr Charles R. Bowery, Rafuse Ethan S.

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