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Petersburg : Out of the Trenches by James W. Wensyel is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Petersburg : Out of the Trenches about?
By March 1865, nearly four years of our Civil War had exhausted both Northern and Southern armies, but the defenders of besieged Petersburg knew that only a break through the lines would free them to fight another day. When John B. Gordon's assault at Fort Stedman failed and Philip Sheridan swept Lee's right flank away at Five Forks, the only option left was a fighting retreat to join Joseph E. Johnston's army in North Carolina.<p>Petersburg traces the individuals who took part in that desperate
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- Author
- James W. Wensyel
- Publisher
- Shippensburg, PA: Burd Street Press
- Published
- 1998
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781572491397
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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