In the trenches at Petersburg : field fortifications & Confederate defeat
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Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2009].
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xxi, 403 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
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Confederate States of America -- Defenses -- History.
Fortification -- Virginia -- Petersburg -- History.
Fortification, Field -- History -- 19th century.
Petersburg (Va.) -- History -- Siege, 1864-1865.
United States -- Defenses -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Trench warfare.
Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Trench warfare.
Fortification -- Virginia -- Petersburg -- History.
Fortification, Field -- History -- 19th century.
Petersburg (Va.) -- History -- Siege, 1864-1865.
United States -- Defenses -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Trench warfare.
Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Trench warfare.
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Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2009].
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English
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-397) and index.
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The Petersburg campaign began June 15, 1864, with Union attempts to break an improvised line of Confederate field fortifications. By the time the campaign ended on April 2, 1865, two opposing lines of sophisticated and complex earthworks stretched for thirty-five miles, covering not only Petersburg but also the southeastern approaches to Richmond. This book, the third volume in Earl Hess's trilogy on the war in the eastern theater, recounts the strategic and tactical operations in Virginia during the last ten months of the Civil War, when field fortifications dominated military planning and the landscape of battle. The book covers all aspects of the campaign, especially military engineering, including mining and countermining, the fashioning of wire entanglements, the laying of torpedo fields, and the construction of underground shelters to protect the men who manned the works. It also humanizes the experience of the soldiers working in the fortifications, revealing their attitudes toward attacking and defending earthworks and the human cost of trench warfare in the waning days of the war.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hess, E. J. (2009). In the trenches at Petersburg: field fortifications & Confederate defeat . University of North Carolina Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hess, Earl J. 2009. In the Trenches At Petersburg: Field Fortifications & Confederate Defeat. University of North Carolina Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hess, Earl J. In the Trenches At Petersburg: Field Fortifications & Confederate Defeat University of North Carolina Press, 2009.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hess, Earl J. In the Trenches At Petersburg: Field Fortifications & Confederate Defeat University of North Carolina Press, 2009.
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