The last citadel
Subtitle: Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865
By: Noah Andre Trudeau
Edition: 150th anniversary edition revised and expanded, First Savas Beatie edition.
Publisher: Savas Beatie
Published: 2014
Place of publication: California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 520
ISBN-13: 9781611212129; 9781940669564
Subjects: History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 466-503) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: A distant thunder; title: "Petersburg is to be and shall be defended"; title: "It was a marvel of a move"; title: Part I. Enemy at the gates; title: "Hold on at all hazards!"; title: "I have determined to try to envelop Petersburg"; title: "The destructive work of the shells was visible on every hand"; title: "The saddest affair I have ever witnessed in the war"; title: Part II. Fighting right, fighting left; title: "It was terrible; title: awful; title: terrific"; title: "Fire low! Low! Low!"; title: "Hello! Yanks! Want any fresh beef?"; title: Dateline: Petersburg; title: "Everything now hinges on the election"; title: Part III. The last winter of war; title: "Starvation parties"; title: "We cannot believe Americans can do these things"; title: "When we weren't killing each other, we were the best of friends"; title: "Proper subjects for the hangman"; title: Part IV. An end, a beginning; title: "The tremendous possibility"; title: "I have ordered a general assault along the lines"; title: Epilogue: a distant thunder; title: "My kitchen is full of soldiers"; title: "I hoped to capture them soon".