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The Last Citadel: Petersburg, June 1864 - April 1865.
This revised Sesquicentennial edition of Noah Andre Trudeau's The Last Citadel, which includes updated text, redrawn maps, and new material, is a groundbreaking study of the most extensive military operation of the Civil War-the investment of Petersburg, Virginia. The Petersburg campaign began...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface; Author's Note; A Note on the Illustrations; Prologue: A Distant Thunder; 1. "Petersburg is to be and shall be defended" ; 2. "It was a marvel of a move"; Part I: Enemy at the Gates; 3. "Hold on at all hazards!"; 4. "I have determined to try to envelop Petersburg"; 5. "The destructive work of the shells was visible on every hand"; 6. "The saddest affair I have ever witnessed in the war"; Part II: Fighting Right, Fighting Left; 7. "It was terrible-awful-terrific"; 8. "Fire low! Low! Low!"; 9. "Hello! Yanks! Want any fresh beef?"; 10. Dateline: Petersburg.
- 11. "Everything now hinges on the election"Part III: The Last Winter of War; 12. "Starvation Parties"; 13. "We cannot believe Americans can do these things"; 14. "When we weren't killing each other, we were the best of friends" ; 15. "Proper subjects for the hangman"; Part IV: An End, A Beginning; 16. "The tremendous possibility"; 17. "I have ordered a general assault along the lines"; Epilogue: A Distant Thunder; 18. "My kitchen is full of soldiers" ; 19. "I hoped to capture them soon"; Notes; Note on the Organization of Forces; Organization of Forces (1864
- 1865); Bibliography.