A Grand Opening Squandered: The Battle for Petersburg, June 15-18, 1864 (Chick - CWC) brass John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham

John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln as the president watched a production of Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre

Professor Coddington's is an analysis not only of the battle proper

This book adds to our understanding of the Civil War and the men who fought—and did not fight—in it

was kidnapped by Captain Raphael Semmes of the Confederate raider Alabama on October 9

“Goodwin’s volume deserves much praise—it is insightful

A Grand Opening Squandered: The Battle for Petersburg, June 15-18, 1864 (Chick - CWC) brass John Wilkes Booth shot Abrahamby Sean Michael Chick (Author) The Battle of Petersburgs intense four day clash marked a missed Union opportunity, prolonging the Civil War with dramatic consequences. May and June 1864 in Virginia witnessed some of the most brutal and bloody fighting of the Civil War. Combined losses for the two armies after the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, North Anna, and Cold Harbor exceeded 80,000 killed, wounded, and captured. The result? A stalemate