Richmond Must Fall: The Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, October 1864 (Civil War Soldiers and Strategies)
"This extensively researched, well-written account, illustrated with an astonishing number of maps, takes the wraps off these forgotten battles.  Newsome's detailed descriptions should satisfy even the most demanding Civil War armchair generals."  - The Seattle Times“Newsome’s considerable skill in constructing battle narrative from a  wide depth and breadth of sources is on full display in this book. … Not  only does it fill a gap in the military historiography of the campaign  but it does so with a contribution of surpassing quality.” - Civil War  Books and Authors blog"Richmond Must Fallis a first-rate addition to scholarship on the  military history of the Civil War . . . [Newsome’s] research is solid,  while his analyses of men, terrain and events are both persuasive and  compelling.  Newsome also demonstrates a keen talent for describing  events in a way that is thoroughly detailed but does not lose track of  the larger picture."   - Ethan S. Rafuse,America’s Civil War"[Newsome] seamlessly integrates personal accounts from letters and diaries into the text, providing a field-level sense of how the clashes unfolded. Newsome also provides a well-crafted sense of presence to the conflicts in the book . . . The result is a highly detailed but very readable description of the October battles around Petersburg." - Steven J. Ramold,Civil War Book Review