Book Breaks with A. Wilson Greene on A Campaign of Giants: The Battle for Petersburg, vol. 2: From the Crater’s Aftermath to the Battle of Burgess Mill

 

Date & Time:  August 17, 2025 at 02:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

 

Mark Twain [Book]

Grinding, bloody, and ultimately decisive, the Petersburg Campaign was the Civil War’s longest and among its most complex campaigns. In this second of three volumes, A. Wilson Greene narrates the critical months from August through October 1864. During this period, Ulysses S. Grant’s army launched three major offensives against Robert E. Lee’s defenses around Petersburg and the Confederate capital of Richmond. 

 

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