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Richmond Redeemed : the Siege at Petersburg, the battles of Chaffin's Bluff and Poplar Spring Church, September 29 - October 2, 1864 /

Richmond Redeemed pioneered study of Civil War Petersburg. The original (and long out of print) award-winning 1981 edition conveyed an epic narrative of crucial military operations in early autumn 1864 that had gone unrecognized for more than 100 years. Readers will rejoice that Richard J. Sommers&#...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sommers, Richard J. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Vandiver, Frank E., 1925-2005 (Autor de introducción, etc.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: El Dorado Hills, Califiornia : Savas Beatie, 2014.
Edición:First edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • List of Maps; List of Photographs; Preface to the 150th Anniversary Edition; Acknowledgments for the 150th Anniversary Edition; Foreword to the First Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Acknowledgments for the First Edition; Chapter 1 "A Mere Question of Time" ; Chapter 2 "The Object ... Is to Surprise and Capture Richmond"; Chapter 3 "Dah, Now! ... Caw'pul Dick Done Dead!" ; Chapter 4 "Hold the Intermediate Line at All Hazards"; Chapter 5 "We Mowed Them Down like Grass" ; Chapter 6 "You Must Discard the Idea of Receiving Re-enforcements ."
  • Chapter 7 "The Whole Army Will Be Under Arms Ready to Move . . ." Chapter 8 "The Enemy Must Be Weak Enough ... to Let Us In"; Chapter 9 "Rolling over the Field like a Large Wave" ; Chapter 10 "Push On ... Without Reference to Any One Else" ; Chapter 11 "Damn Dunovant!"; Chapter 12 "It Was an Awful Time ... Charging ... in the Rain" ; Chapter 13 "This Delay Is Unpardonable" ; Chapter 14 "I Shall Not Attack Their Intrenchments" ; Chapter 15 Richmond Redeemed; Appendix A: Order of Battle; Appendix B: Casualties; Appendix C: Timeline of Significant Dates
  • Appendix D: Senior Officers of the Fifth OffensiveNotes; Bibliography; Index