Previous accounts of the Civil War's last major campaign have often neglected the actual maneuvers and tactics of the units involved. This new addition to the Great Campaigns series features a tactical approach to the final drama of the Civil War. Innovative maps, sidebars and charts complement a dramatic narrative. The fall of Petersburg and Richmond, the last battles at Five Forks, Sailor's Creek, and Dinwiddie Court House, and the final surrender at Appomattox are all described by an author whose knowledge of the historical sources is equaled by his familiarity with the area over which the armies marched and fought.The author provides a day-to-day narrative of this fascinating campaign, with a series of specially commissioned maps that make clear the complex series of maneuvers that finally brought Lee's beleaguered army to bay. Special sidebars highlight many incidents and personalities of the campaign, including never-before-published information on African-Americans in Confederate service. Record-keeping, especially for the Confederates, was difficult in the last hectic days of the war, and readers will find here the most complete order of battle available for both sides.
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Chris M. Calkins has spent many years studying the Petersburg and Appomattox battlefields. He played a significant role in the preservation of the Five Forks and Sailor’s Creek battlefields. His numerous articles and books on the Civil War include Thirty-Six Hours Before Appomattox and The Battle of Five Forks.He is regarded by many specialists as having an unsurpassed knowledge of the last Civil War campaign in Virginia.
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A must for any Civil War buff!,
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This review is from: The Appomattox Campaign: March 29-april 9, 1865 (Great Campaigns Series) (Hardcover)
Historian Chris Calkins does a marvelous job re-creating the last days of the war in this vivid and well-written work. Mr. Calkins, who was a historian at Appomattox and now is the Park Historian at Petersburg National Battlefield, uses his years of experience and knowledge of the last campaign of the War to construct an excellent narrative that explains the final fight for Petersburg and Grant's pursuit of Lee to Appomattox. Excellent maps and superb sidebars on general officers on both sides. I wish he went more in depth on the battles, though. The "bible" for the last week of the War!
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This review is from: The Appomattox Campaign: March 29-april 9, 1865 (Great Campaigns Series) (Hardcover)
This "book" came to me in excellent condition. It was listed "like new" and was as good as off the book store shelf! Very happy with the condition, supplier and the content. Interesting read for any Civil War buff.
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THE Appomattox Campaign Overview,
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This review is from: The Appomattox Campaign: March 29-april 9, 1865 (Great Campaigns Series) (Hardcover)
Greg Eanes, author of "Black Day of the Army, April 6, 1865: The Battles of Sailor's Creek" says Chris
Calkins' work is:"THE Appomattox Campaign Overview. Chris is the Chief Historian at Petersburg Battlefield National Park and formerly worked at Appomattox National Historical Park and has a solid grasp on the Appomattox Campaign and the Petersburg Campaign that preceded it. He provides an expert narrative of the movement of Federal and Confederate armies providing ample sidebar vignettes of historical interest. A MUST for Civil War Buffs."
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