No quarter!
Subtitle: the Battle of the Crater, 1864
By: Richard Slotkin.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781400066759
Subjects: Petersburg Crater, Battle of, Va., 1864
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Part one : The strategic setting.; title: Stalemate : Petersburg, June 21, 1864; title: "With as little bloodshed as possible" : parameters for a federal offensive, June 21-23, 1864; title: The miners : June 24-July 2, 1864; title: Confederate strategy : the best defense, June 21-July 5, 1864; title: Part two : The chosen instrument.; title: Burnside selects the spearhead : July 5-9, 1864; title: "Guide on de Army" : African Americans go to war; title: The politics of race : Washington and Richmond, July 1864; title: Part three : Battle plans.; title: Setting the stage : July 15-29, 1864; title: Preparation for battle, July 29, 1864; title: Part four : The Battle of the Crater, July 30, 1864.; title: Into the breach : 4:45-7:30 A.M.; title: At headquarters : 5:40-7:50 A.M.; title: The charge of the Colored Division : 7:00-8:30 A.M.; title: Mahone's counterattack : 9:00-11:00 A.M.; title: "They fought like bulldogs, and died like soldiers" : last stand in the crater, 8:45 A.M.-2:30 P.M.; title: Flag of truce : July 30-August 1, 1864; title: Part five : Consequences; title: Court of Inquiry : August 6-September 9, 1864; title: Epitaphs