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Petersburg - National Military Park, Virginia: NPS Historical Handbook Series No. 13

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Petersburg - National Military Park, Virginia: NPS Historical Handbook Series No. 13
Petersburg - National Military Park, Virginia: NPS Historical Handbook Series No. 13

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Petersburg - National Military Park, Virginia: NPS Historical Handbook Series No. 13

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In the final year of the Civil war in the East, the fighting centered upon Petersburg, an important supply depot for the Richmond area. After 10 months of combat, both from behind prepared positions and along the main routes of supply, the Confederates were forced to give up Petersburg and Richmond on April 2, 1865. One week later Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House.
By June of 1864, the Civil War lay heavily on both the North and the South. For more than 3 years the two antagonists -the Blue and the Gray- had struggled to determine the fate of the Union.
The capitals of the embattled forces stood only 110 miles apart. But these miles of rolling Virginia countryside which separated Richmond from Washington had proven exceedingly difficult for the Union forces to cross. Various Northern generals had been placed in command of the Army of the Potomac and had faced Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. So far not one had been successful in destroying Lee's army or in capturing Richmond.
Perhaps Gen. George B. McClellan had come the closest to success when in the late spring and early summer of 1862 the Northern troops had threatened the Confederate capital, only to be repulsed on the out­skirts. The other Northern commanders who followed McClellan, such as Pope, Burnside, and Hooker, were less successful. Their drives had been met and turned aside by Lee, the able Southern guardian of Richmond.
After 36 months of bitter conflict the war in the East seemed, to many observers, to be far from a final settlement. The failure of Union forces to deliver a decisive blow against the Army of Northern Virginia was a source of growing concern in Washington. The Confederacy, for its part, was no more successful in settling the issue. Attempted invasions of the Northern States by Lee were turned back at Antietam in September 1862 and at Gettysburg in July 1863.
This is a reprint of the National Park Service Historical Handbook Series No. 13. This guide covers the engagements preceding and during the Virginia Campaign 1864-65. A must read if you are planning on visiting Petersburg National Military Park.

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