A while back I wrote that the Petersburg Campaign was a Rodney Dangerfield, getting no respect. Now I think I may have overstated the campaign's importance. Yes, indeed, it was a war in itself with approximately 100,000 casualties. Yes, it pitted against one another the premier general of each side.
But it was not the war's decisive campaign. That was the Atlanta Campaign, which decided the election of 1864 and consequently the war The Petersburg Campaign contributed to the Atlanta Campaign as a holding action that prevented Lee and his army from intervening, directly or indirectly, in the Atlanta Campaign.
The historical parallel that comes to mind is the campaign in Italy between Fabius Maximus and Hannibal Barca after the battle of Cannae. Fabius held Hannibal while Scipio skinned the Carthaginian empire like Grant held Lee while Sherman skinned the Confederacy.
But it was not the war's decisive campaign. That was the Atlanta Campaign, which decided the election of 1864 and consequently the war The Petersburg Campaign contributed to the Atlanta Campaign as a holding action that prevented Lee and his army from intervening, directly or indirectly, in the Atlanta Campaign.
The historical parallel that comes to mind is the campaign in Italy between Fabius Maximus and Hannibal Barca after the battle of Cannae. Fabius held Hannibal while Scipio skinned the Carthaginian empire like Grant held Lee while Sherman skinned the Confederacy.
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