Prelude: The Bermuda Hundred Campaign
Two books cover much of the Bermuda Hundred Campaign, which lasted from May 5, 1864 until arguably as late as June 15, 1864, when Grant and the Army of the Potomac arrived at the gates of Petersburg.
William Glenn Robertson. Back Door to Richmond: The Bermuda Hundred Campaign, April-June 1864. Newark, Del.: The University of Delaware Press, 1987.
Herbert M. Schiller. The Bermuda Hundred Campaign. Dayton, Oh.: Morningside House, 1988.
These two books, both excellent, complement one another in their approaches. The former is more of a view from a distant perspective, while the latter gets a little bit deeper into the thickets. Both have splendid maps. They cover a campaign in which Petersburg was ripe for the taking at first but not the objective until the opportunity to walk into the Cockade City had passed.
Butler's Attack on Petersburg
One book covers Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler's June 9, 1864 attack on Petersburg.
William Glenn Robertson. The First Battle for Petersburg: The Attack and Defense of the Cockade City, June 9, 1864. El Dorado Hills, Ca.: Savas Beatie, 2015. This is an expanded version of The Petersburg Campaign: The Battle of Old Men and Young Boys June 9, 1864 (Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, Inc., 1989).
This is the only book on a battle that seems insignificant in terms of numbers but was critical because it alerted the Confederates to Petersburg's vulnerability and led them to reinforce it enough that the Federals could not just march into the city on June 15, 1864. It covers the June 9 fight in vivid detail.
William Glenn Robertson. Back Door to Richmond: The Bermuda Hundred Campaign, April-June 1864. Newark, Del.: The University of Delaware Press, 1987.
Herbert M. Schiller. The Bermuda Hundred Campaign. Dayton, Oh.: Morningside House, 1988.
These two books, both excellent, complement one another in their approaches. The former is more of a view from a distant perspective, while the latter gets a little bit deeper into the thickets. Both have splendid maps. They cover a campaign in which Petersburg was ripe for the taking at first but not the objective until the opportunity to walk into the Cockade City had passed.
Butler's Attack on Petersburg
One book covers Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler's June 9, 1864 attack on Petersburg.
William Glenn Robertson. The First Battle for Petersburg: The Attack and Defense of the Cockade City, June 9, 1864. El Dorado Hills, Ca.: Savas Beatie, 2015. This is an expanded version of The Petersburg Campaign: The Battle of Old Men and Young Boys June 9, 1864 (Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, Inc., 1989).
This is the only book on a battle that seems insignificant in terms of numbers but was critical because it alerted the Confederates to Petersburg's vulnerability and led them to reinforce it enough that the Federals could not just march into the city on June 15, 1864. It covers the June 9 fight in vivid detail.
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