Richmond Must Fall : The Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, October 1864 /

A study of Grant's and Lee's battles in the weeks before the 1864 election In the fall of 1864, the Civil War's outcome rested largely on Abraham Lincoln's success in the upcoming presidential election. As the contest approached, cautious optimism buoyed the President's supp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Newsome, Hampton
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Boydton Plank Road, Battle of, Va., 1864.
Virginia > Richmond.
Virginia > Petersburg.
Virginia.
Richmond (Va.) > History > Siege, 1864-1865.
Petersburg (Va.) > History > Siege, 1864-1865.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Darbytown Road battles
  • Johnson's Farm
  • The New Market Road
  • Union reconnaissance on the Darbytown Road (October 13)
  • Grant's sixth offensive
  • The Petersburg front
  • Petersburg becomes the key
  • Plans for the sixth offensive
  • The Union army prepares for battle
  • The Williamsburg Road
  • Nine Mile Road
  • The Fifth and Ninth Corps advance
  • Second Corps moves out
  • Dabney's Mill and the Quaker Meeting House
  • Reaching the Boydton Plank Road
  • Crawford at Hatcher's Run
  • The Bull Pen
  • The Second Corps redeemed
  • The beginning of the end
  • Retreat
  • Aftermath
  • Grant's sixth offensive considered.

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