Petersburg Battlefields. Historical Handbook No. 13
Lykes RW. 1956. Petersburg Battlefields. Historical Handbook No. 13. Historical Handbook Series. National Park Service. Washington, D.C.
A history of the Petersburg Campaign in and around Petersburgh, VA, a major military campaign of the US Civil War. The handbook discusses the events leading up to the campaign, the campaign and its various battles, the fall of Petersburgh, VA, and the aftermath of the campaign. The handbook also serves as a visitor guide to the campaign and to Petersburg National Military Park. The publication has multiple photographs, drawings, and maps as well as a 27-mile self-guided auto tour of the campaign. National Park Service Historical Handbook Series No. 13 This publication is one of a series of handbooks describing the historical and archeological areas in the National Park System administered by the National Park Service of the United States, Department of the Interior.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Lykes, Richard
- Date of Issue
- 1956
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- PETE , POGR
- Keywords
- Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the James, Army of the Potomac, battle, beauregard, butler, campaign, civil war, confederate, csa, grant, lee, meade, military, siege, the crater, union, virginia