THE CONFEDERATE ALAMO : Bloodbath at Petersburg's Fort Gregg on April 2, 1865 /

"The Confederate Alamo is the first book-length study ever written about the chaotic and bloody Battle of Fort Gregg. By April 2, 1865, General Ulysses S. Grant's men had tightened their noose around the vital town of Petersburg, Virginia. Trapped on three sides with a river at their back,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fox, John J., 1959-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Winchester, Virginia : Angle Valley Press, ©2010.
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
1865
Fort Gregg, Battle of, Petersburg, Va., 1865.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Virginia > Petersburg
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Grant makes plans to bag Lee (again)
  • Lee faces a serious disaster
  • The Union breakthrough
  • Confederate Third Corps chaos
  • Confederates punch back
  • Reality reaches Richmond
  • Gibbon's Twenty-fourth Corps approaches Fort Gregg
  • Walker's Unusual artillery order
  • The Fort Gregg defenders: an uneasy resolve
  • A long wait to attack
  • Osborn's East Wing attacks in First Wave
  • Dandy's West Wing attacks in First Wave
  • The Confederate defenders steel themselves for the Blue Wave
  • Low on ammunition and no reinforcements
  • Union reinforcements hit the West Wall
  • Another Union Division attacks
  • The Blue Wave surges over the walls
  • Inside the pit of Fort Gregg
  • Fort Whitworth
  • Did sacrificing the twin forts allow Lee to escape?
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix A. The Fort Gregg area today
  • Appendix B. Order of Battle
  • Appendix C. Fort Gregg casualties
  • Appendix D. Confederates at Fort Gregg
  • Appendix E. Fort Whitworth's controversial artillery withdrawal
  • Appendix F. The first Union flag on Fort Gregg controversy
  • Appendix G. Which Southern Artillery Batteries helped defend Fort Gregg?
  • Appendix H. Fort Gregg Medal of Honor recipients.

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