An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Siege of Petersburg

Combat

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• the opening battles, june 15-18, 1864

• the battle for survival

                sharpshooting
                artillery and mortar attacks
                trench raids

• the battle of the crater, july 30, 1864

• the battle of fort stedman, march 25, 1865

• the final assault on the jerusalem plank road, april 2, 1865

                special study:  the confederate dead
                special study:  the rebel in the road