num_pages: 514
description: Chronicles the 292-day siege of Petersburg, Virginia, the closing act of the Civil War that claimed an unprecedented loss of life and provoked the Battle of the Crater, which introduced deadly new techniques of warfare
language: English
title: The Last Citadel: Petersburg, Virginia June 1864-April 1865
titlecomplete: The Last Citadel: Petersburg, Virginia June 1864-April 1865
genres: Civil War Eastern Theater, Nonfiction, American History, Military Fiction, History, War, American Civil War, Civil War
ratings_count: 126
publisher: Little Brown & Co