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Richmond must fall : the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, October 1864 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Newsome, Hampton
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, [2013]
Series:Civil War soldiers and strategies.
Subjects:
Petersburg (Va.) > History > Siege, 1864-1865.
Richmond (Va.) > History > Siege, 1864-1865.
Boydton Plank Road, Battle of, Va., 1864.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.