Richmond Redeemed: The Siege at Petersburg
- ISBN-10
- 038515626X
- ISBN-13
- 9780385156264
- Category
- History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- Pages
- 670
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1981
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Author
- Richard J. Sommers
Description
"A mere question of time" -- "The object ... is to surprise and capture Richmond" -- "Hold the intermediate line at all hazards" -- "We mowed them down like grass" -- "You must discard the idea of receiving re-enforcements ..." -- "The whole army will be under arms ready to move ..." -- " The enemy must be weak enough ... to let us in" -- "Rolling over the field like a large wave" -- "Push on ... without reference to any one else" -- "Damn Dunovant!" -- "The delay is unpardonable" -- "I shall not attack their entrenchments" -- Richmond redeemed.
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