Comments on: Review: In the Trenches at Petersburg: Field Fortifications and Confederate Defeat http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/2009/07/27/review-in-the-trenches-at-petersburg-field-fortifications-and-confederate-defeat/ Informed Amateurs Blog the American Civil War Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:41:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Will Hickox http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/2009/07/27/review-in-the-trenches-at-petersburg-field-fortifications-and-confederate-defeat/comment-page-1/#comment-5320 Will Hickox Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:41:05 +0000 http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/?p=6938#comment-5320 It is certainly true that the chapters on living conditions in the trenches are some of the strongest Civil War writing in years. Hess has made what could have been a dry technical tome into a compelling account of a forgotten campaign. I found a few errors--e.g. he calls the 1st maine Heavy artillery "previously inexperienced in combat" when they had already taken heavy casualties at Spotsylvania (Hess made the same mistake in a North and South article a few years back), but overall this is an invaluable work. It is certainly true that the chapters on living conditions in the trenches are some of the strongest Civil War writing in years. Hess has made what could have been a dry technical tome into a compelling account of a forgotten campaign.

I found a few errors–e.g. he calls the 1st maine Heavy artillery “previously inexperienced in combat” when they had already taken heavy casualties at Spotsylvania (Hess made the same mistake in a North and South article a few years back), but overall this is an invaluable work.

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