Production is officially under way.
We've changed the title to Lee Besieged: Grant's Second Petersburg Offensive, June 18-July 1, 1864.
This book should be published by Savas Beatie in the spring of 2025.
I’ve edited more than half a million words on the Civil War, but this book is something else. Elegantly written, deeply researched, it abounds with judicious assessments of commanders at all levels. More than a thousand quotes from participants on both sides take you back in time like no other book I have ever read. Don’t miss it!
--Keith Poulter, publisher North & South magazine
The Second Petersburg Offensive of late June 1864 is among the least understood operations of the entire campaign. Through exhaustive research, engaging prose, and thoughtful analysis, John Horn provides the most detailed account yet written of this Union effort to conquer the Cockade City.
--A. Wilson Greene, author of A Campaign of Giants: The Battle for Petersburg
John Horn has added considerably to our knowledge of the Petersburg campaign with Lee Besieged: Grant's Second Petersburg Offensive, June 18-July 1, 1864. It is the first book that deals with Grant's ill-fated second offensive and is yet another excellent volume by Horn.
--Sean Michael Chick, author of The Battle of Petersburg, June 15-June 18, 1864
Horn has added a much-needed volume to his extensive writings and study of the Petersburg Campaign. Grant’s second offensive is often overlooked and hard to comprehend but through scholarly research and writing, Lee Besieged: Grant's Second Petersburg Offensive, June 18-July 1, 1864, takes the reader through all aspects of the offensive, providing enjoyment and understanding to the Civil War enthusiast. First-hand accounts proliferate in the narrative adding powerful insights into the struggle and fighting of June 1864.
--Jerry Netherland, Petersburg Battlefields Foundation
