Richmond Redeemed: The Siege at Petersburg

Posted on 25 September 2018 by Richard J. Sommers

Richard J Sommers Richmond Redeemed The Siege at Petersburg pioneered the study of the Civil War fighting around Petersburg This award winning volume conveyed an epic narrative of crucial military operations in early autumn 1864 which had gone unrecognized forthan 100 years. New Read Kindle ePUB Richmond Redeemed: The Siege at Petersburg Author Richard J. Sommers – kino-fada.fr Richmond Redeemed The Siege at Petersburg is an astonishing work of scholarship The author, Richard Sommers, earned a Ph D at Rice University under noted historian Frank Vandiver He went on to 35 years as Senior Historian of the U.S Army Heritage and Education Center at Carlisle Barracks and as a professor at the U.S Army War College I have been a reader of military histories for over 50 years and Dr Sommers book is, perhaps, the most thorough and in depth history of a battle I ve read Richmond Redeemed The Siege at Petersburg is an astonishing work of scholarship The author, Richard Sommers, earned a Ph D at Rice University under noted historian Frank Vandiver He went on to 35 years as Senior Historian of the U.S Army Heritage and Education Center at Carlisle Barracks and as a professor at the U.S Army War College I have been a reader of military histories for over 50 years and Dr Sommers book is, perhaps, the most thorough and in depth history of a battle I ve read If you are interested in...In Richmond Redeemed The Siege at Petersburg, Richard J Sommers meticulously recounts Union General Ulysses S Grant s Fifth Offensive September 29 October 2, 1864 , primarily the Battles of Chaffin s Bluff Fort Harrison and Poplar Spring Church Peebles Farm , against the Confederate defenses around Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia Originally published in 1981, the sesquicentennial edition contains new research, new writing, and new thinking with perspectives and insights gathered fro In Richmond Redeemed The Siege at Petersburg, Richard J Sommers meticulously recounts Union General Ulysses S Grant s Fifth Offensive September 29 October 2, 1864 , primarily the Battles of Chaffin s Bluff Fort Harrison and Poplar Spring Church Peebles Farm , against the Confederate defenses around Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia Originally published in 1981, the sesquicentennial edition contains new research, new writing, and new thinking with perspectives and insights gathered from the author s 33 years of teaching at the Army War College and conversations with fellow Civil War scholars and enthusiasts.The Union attack north of the James River at Chaffin s Bluff in the fall of 1864 broke through Richmond s defenses and gave Federals their greatest opportunity to capture the Confederate capital Meanwhile, fighting outside Petersburg at Poplar Spring Church so threatened Southern supply lines that Confederate General R...Sommers is known for his research, but his writing style is painful to endure, hence the low rating.77 pages of footnotes, Appendix A and B plus their footnotes add 70and the 37 pages of Biblography have increased my To Read list Not a quick read but one I m glad I ve encountered.

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25 September 2018

Richard J. Sommers