Guide to the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign

Edited by Charles R. Bowery Jr. and Ethan S. Rafuse

Series: U.S. Army War College Guides to Civil War Battles

Sales Date: May 16, 2014

536 Pages, 5.50 x 8.50 in

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9780700619603
Published: May 2014

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"A valuable, long overdue contribution to Civil War studies."—Army History
"Anyone, even the more seasoned Civil War buff or the veteran historian is likely to be able to learn something new about the campaign."—New York Military Affairs Symposium
"This is a marvelous guidebook, bringing clarity and order to the complex bloody ten month decisive campaign from June 1864 to April 1865. It is highly recommended . . . for any student of the Civil War who desires to learn and understand the decisive, ending campaign of the War."—Blue & Gray Magazine
"Bowery and Rafuse have produced an exceptional guide that is sure to be toted to the battlefields again and again. They have cleverly imposed order on a campaign that perhaps, after this guide, will elude us no more."—Civil War News
"Civil War battlefield stompers will want to pick this one up, and just in time for the 150th anniversary of the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign."—Beyond the Crater
"A stellar contribution to the long and excellent tradition of the U.S. Army War College Guides that covers one of the most important campaigns of the Civil War. The authors’ organization and contextualization of their story are superbly done and the maps are outstanding, among the best I have ever seen depicting the action and topography of the Richmond Petersburg battle sites."—Earl Hess, author of Into the Crater: The Mine Attack at Petersburg
“A much needed edition on the final campaign to capture Richmond and Petersburg. This book brings together the events on both sides of the James River enabling readers to understand this very complex and prolonged military event.”—Chris Bryce, Chief of Interpretation, Petersburg National Battlefield
“The most thorough, detailed, and accurate books of their kind. Indeed, they are unique. I have used them to lead guided tours of several battlefields, with great success.”—James M. McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom

List of Maps and Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

How to Use This Book

Part I: Petersburg National Battlefield

First Petersburg

Summary of Principal Events, 13-18 June 1864

1. Battery No. 6

2. Battery No. 5

3. Battery No. 8

4. Battery No. 9

5. Harrison’s Creek

6. First Maine Heavy Artillery Monument

7. Taylor Farm

The Battle of Fort Stedman

Summary of Principal Events, 6 February - 25 March 1865

1. Colquitt’s Salient

2. Planning the Assault

3. The Assault on Fort Stedman

4. The Capture of Fort Stedman

5. The Federal Counterattack

6. The Failure of the Attack

The Battle of the Crater

Summary of Principal Events, 19 June - 31 July 1864

1. Taylor Farm

2. The Mine

3. The Crater

4. The Mahone Monument

5. The Crater

Part II: Excursions

Excursion 1: From Cold Harbor to Petersburg

Summary of Principal Events, 27 May - 15 June 1864

1. Cold Harbor

2. Long Bridge

3. Glendale

4. Crossing the James

5. Baylor Farm

Excursion 2: City Point

1. Appomattox Overlook

2. Grant’s Cabin

3. The Wharf

Excursion 3: Deep Bottom

Summary of Principal Events, 18 June - 31 August 1864

1. Deep Bottom

2. Strawberry Plains

3. Darby/Enroughty Farm

4. Fussell’s Mill

5. The Capture of the Rockbridge Artillery

6. New Market Heights and Fussell’s Mill

7. Cavalry Engagement on the Charles City Road

Excursion 4: Fort Harrison and Darbytown Road

Summary of Principal Events, 1 September - 8 October 1864

1. Deep Bottom

2. New Market Heights

3. Laurel Hill and the Tenth Corps Attack

4. Fort Gilmer

5. Varina Road

6. Fort Harrison

7. Fort Hoke

8. Darbytown Road

Excursion 5: Westward Movements

Summary of Principal Events, 18 June 1864 - 7 February 1865

1. Fort Davis

2. Fort Alexander Hays

3. Richard Bland College

4. Globe Tavern

5. Fort Wadsworth

6. Oak Grove Church

7. Reams Station Battlefield

8. Sharon Church

9. Fort Archer

10. Fort Urmston

11. Fort Fisher

12. Dabney's Mill

13. Burger’s Mill

14. Hatcher’s Run

Excursion 6: the Fall of Petersburg

Summary of Principal Events, 6 February - 3 April 1865

1. Dinwiddie Church of the Nazarene

2. Lewis Farm

3. White Oak Road

4. Dinwiddie Court-House

5. Chamberlain’s Bed

6. The Federal Plan, 1 April 1865

7. The Shad Bake and the Confederate Plan

8. The Angle

9. The Waterloo of the Confederacy

10. Mumford’s Stand

11. Sutherland Station

12. Fort Gregg

Appendix I: Orders of Battle—June 15, 1864

Appendix II: Orders of Battle—September 29, 1864

Appendix III: Orders of Battle—April 1 1865

Bibliography

Index

Books

Authors

On The Site

Guide to the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign

Guide to the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign

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