Civil War Series

The Siege of Petersburg

book cover
Cover: Detail of a period lithograph Battle of the Weldon Railroad drawn by R. Holland. Courtesy of Petersburg National Battlefield.

TEXT BY NOAH ANDRE TRUDEAU

Thanks to Chris Calkins, James Blankenship Jr., John Davis and Danyelle Nelson at Petersburg National Battlefield.

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Key for photo and illustration identification:
BL	Battles and Leaders of the Civil War
LC	Library of Congress, Washington, DC
NA	National Archives, Washington, DC
SCW	Soldiers in Our Civil War

Want to Learn More?
The following books are suggested reading for additional insights into the Civil War and its key battles: A. Wilson Greene, The Final Battles of the Petersburg Campaign: Breaking the Backbone of the Rebellion (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2008), Earl J. Hess, Into the Crater: The Mine Attack at Petersburg (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2010), as well as the NPS Historical Handbook #13: Petersburg Battlefields (Washington, DC: National Park Service, 1961).