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Title: Death in the Trenches: Grant at Petersburg (Civil War) by William C. Davis, Editors of Time-Life Books ISBN: 0-8094-4776-2 Publisher: Time-Life Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1986 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Summary: The Civil War comes down to the siege of Petersburg
Comment: "Death in the Trenches: Grant at Petersburg" begins with a look at "A Graceful City Imperiled by War," showing how flourishing prewar Ptersburg looked as recorded by a trio of local artists. Of course, by the end of the Civil War Virginia's second biggest city would suffer even more so than the Confederacy's capital. Ironically, the town was situated on the Appomattox River.
This volume in the Time-Life Civil War series begins in June 1864 after the bloody slaughter at Cold Harbor. From the Wilderness on the Army of the Potomac had responded to each engagement with the Army of Northern Virginia, not by retreating as had been the inevitable practice in the past, but by trying to move around Lee's right flank. This maneuvering eventually led to the siege of Petersburg. But this book begins by looking at (1) An Opportunity Bungled, which covers how the corrupt politician turned inept general Benjamin Butler failed to launch a coordinated attack that might have captured Petersburg right then after having broken out of the Bermuda Hundred.
(2) Crossing the James details how Union forces attacked the Confederates but were unable to get past the second line of works erected by Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, who in this instances at least, proved himself to be as brilliant at defense as Lee, who was first called "the King of Spades" by his troops because of all the digging of defensive fortifications he had them do. (3) Valor and Calamity at the Crater obviously looks at the most celebrated moment in the siege of Petersburg, when Union engineers dug a 510.8 foot tunnel under the Confederate works in which they placed 320 kegs of black powder. Unfortunately, the engineering brilliance of the Union army was not matched by the leadership of the officers mounting the infantry attack. The Battle of the Crater turned out to be the last great military fiasco of the war for the Union army.
(4) Tightening the Noose looks a how both sides extended their trenches during the summer of 1864, while Grant hammered at Lee with coordinated attacks both north and south of the James. This particular chapter has an illustrated section on the performance of Colored Troops during the siege and a photo essay on the trench system used by both armies at Petersburg. (5) Portents of an Arduous Winter covers how both sides settled down for the winter after the attack on Fort Harrison at the end of September.
The Civil War becomes a different type of war after Cold Harbor. "Death in the Trenches" is far removed from the story of the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, where the strategy and tactics become the stuff of textbooks. The siege of Petersburg is obviously a dry run for the way wars would be fought in the 20th century, especially the First World War. Because the war seems almost like a stalemate at this point, it seems like nothing is really happening during the siege of Petersburg, especially in contrast to the great battles that dominated the early years of the war. But this book does a nice job of showing how much was happening and that the patience Grant learned outside Vicksburg would serve him in good stead through most of 1864.
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Title: The Nation Reunited: War's Aftermath (Civil War Series) by Richard W. Murphy ISBN: 0809447924 Publisher: Time-Life Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1987 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: War on the Frontier (Civil War Series) by Alvin M. Josephy ISBN: 0809447800 Publisher: Time-Life Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1994 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Twenty Million Yankees: The Northern Home Front (Civil War) by Donald Dale Jackson, Time-Life Books Editors ISBN: 0809447525 Publisher: Time-Life Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1985 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Struggle for Tennessee: Tupelo to Stones River (The Civil War) by James, Jr. Street, Time-Life Books Editors ISBN: 0809447606 Publisher: Time-Life Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1985 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Shenandoah in Flames: The Valley Campaign of 1864 (Civil War Series) by Thomas A., Lewis ISBN: 0809447843 Publisher: Time-Life Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1989 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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