This Civil War history examines a complex and pivotal, yet
often-overlooked, battle of the Petersburg Campaign. On July 26,
1864, Union general Winfield Scott Hancock’s corps and three cavalry
divisions under Philip H. Sheridan crossed to the north side of the
James River at the Deep Bottom bridgehead. What was supposed to be a
raid on Confederate railroads and possibly even a breakthrough to the
Confederate capital of Richmond turned into a bloody skirmish.
Richard H. Anderson’s Confederate forces prevented a Union victory,
but only at a great cost. In response, Robert E. Lee was forced to
move half his army from the key fortifications at Petersburg, which
were left all the more vulnerable in the subsequent Battle of the
Crater. Historian James S. Price presents an authoritative
chronicle of this pivotal moment in the Petersburg Campaign and the
close of the war. Including newly constructed maps from Steven Stanley
and a foreword from fellow Civil War scholar Hampton Newsome, this is
the definitive account of the Battle of First Deep Bottom.
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ISBN
9781625846815
Publisert
2022
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The History Press (ORIM)
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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