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Category: Beyond the Crater: Petersburg Campaign Notes

  • Siege of Petersburg Addendum: New Hampshire, New Jersey, and New York Posted

    As an addendum to my post yesterday about listing the weapons various Union infantry units used at the Siege of Petersburg, I wanted to mention that the following states are now also finished: New Hampshire New Jersey New York If you’re interested in the weapons all Union infantry units were using at the Siege of […]

  • Siege of Petersburg Update: Weapons Carried By Many Union Units Added

    Regular readers of the Siege of Petersburg Online will recall that I’ve been purchasing microfilm rolls from the National Archives which contain Union Ordnance returns for June 30, 1864 and September 30, 1864.  For those of you unfamiliar with the term, an ordnance return lists out the weapons a unit units on the last day […]

  • “Hunker Doon Boys!”: The 140th Pennsylvania at the Siege of Petersburg

    Last time I introduced a 1902 New Orleans newspaper series on the Donaldsonville LA Artillery at the Siege of Petersburg.  John Hennessy is again responsible for sending along a great newspaper series on a unit at the Siege of Petersburg, this time the 140th Pennsylvania, a Second Corps regiment which saw a lot of action, so […]

  • The Donaldsonville LA Artillery at the Siege of Petersburg: A 10 Part Series

    In  late September I commented on the good stroke of fortune I experienced when NPS Historian John Hennessy contacted me with an offer of newspaper clippings focusing on the Siege of Petersburg.  One of the first emails I received from John contained an amazing set of ten articles on the Donaldsonville Louisiana Artillery, commanded by […]

  • The Siege of Petersburg Online: Long Term Goals

    Editor’s Note: This post was originally published at The Siege of Petersburg Online yesterday, and appears here in slightly modified form. I’m often reminded when reading Harry Smeltzer’s Bull Runnings that I don’t share enough of my plans for the Siege of Petersburg Online here with readers, especially those of you diligently following along using […]

  • Book Review: Civil War Talks: Further Reminiscences of George S. Bernard & His Fellow Veterans

    Bernard, George S.  Newsome, Hampton (ed).  Horn, John (ed). Selby, John G. (ed). Civil War Talks: Further Reminiscences of George S. Bernard & His Fellow Veterans. (University of Virginia Press: July 2012). 512 pages, 3 b&w illustrations, 16 maps, bibliography, footnotes, index. ISBN: 978-0-8139-3175-3 $35.00 (Hardcover). Civil War Talks: Further Reminiscences of George S. Bernard […]

  • The Battle of the Crater: 148 Years Ago Today

    The Battle of the Crater, arguably the most famous battle of the Siege of Petersburg, occurred on this date 148 years ago, on July 30, 1864.  For further information on the battle of the Crater, as well as numerous first person accounts, see my Battle of the Crater page at the Siege of Petersburg Online. […]