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Civil War Book Review: A Campaign of Giants: The Battle for Petersburg, Volume 1: From the Crossing of the James to the Crater by A. Wilson Greene

Greene, A. Wilson. A Campaign of Giants–The Battle for Petersburg, Volume 1: From the Crossing of the James to the Crater. (University of North Carolina Press: June 2018). 728 pages, 34 maps, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN: 978-1-4696-3857-7. $45.00 (Cloth) With A Campaign of Giants–The Battle for Petersburg, Volume 1: From the Crossing of the James […]

October 13, 2018
Civil War Book Review: Cold Harbor to the Crater: The End of the Overland Campaign

Gallagher, Gary W. (ed.) & Janney, Caroline E. (ed.). Cold Harbor to the Crater: The End of the Overland Campaign. (University of North Carolina Press: September 2015). 360 pp., 6.125 x 9.25, 31 halftones, 5 maps, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN: 978-1-4696-2533-1. $35.00 (Hardcover) Gary Gallagher and the University of North Carolina Press return to the […]

January 18, 2016
Can YOU Identify This Signature?

Another historical mystery found its way into my little corner of Civil War cyberspace recently. Gary Skinner sent along a beautifully preserved letter recently for use on my Siege of Petersburg site. The letter, written on August 4, 1864 and describing the Battle of the Crater, is a lengthy one. The mystery concerns exactly WHO […]

February 26, 2014
John Foskett Reviews The Petersburg Campaign, Volume 1 at Civil War News

Fellow Civil War enthusiast John Foskett is a book reviewer for Civil War News and someone who has graciously granted me permission to post transcriptions of his ancestor’s diary at The Siege of Petersburg Online, portions of which you will begin seeing soon. John sent me an email letting me know he has a review […]

March 22, 2013
Civil War Book Review: Remembering The Battle of the Crater: War as Murder

Remembering The Battle of the Crater: War as Murder by Kevin M. Levin Product Details Hardcover: 200 pages Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky (June 19, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 0813136105 ISBN-13: 978-0813136103 Unlike Fort Pillow, what occurred at the Crater is not open to debate. Whites on both sides murdered members of the United […]

August 2, 2012
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. […]

July 30, 2012
Civil War Book Review: The Battle of the Crater: A Novel

The Battle of the Crater: A Novel by Newt Gingrich, William R. Forstchen & Albert S. Hanser Product Details Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books November 2011 Language: English ISBN-10: 0312607105 ISBN-13: 978-0312607104 The Battle of the Crater is not one of the Army of the Potomac’s best moments. Conceived as the attack […]

March 12, 2012