Confederate Alamo: Bloodbath at Petersburg's Fort Gregg on April 2, 1865

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Robert E Lee faced the most monumental crisis of his military career on the morning of April 2, 1865 By sunrise that morning, the Union 6th Corps had punched a huge hole in Lee s outer line, southwest of Petersburg He needed time for reinforcements to arrive from Richmond, but how could his depleted army buy that time Amidst overwhelming odds, this suicide mission fell to a handful of Confederates who made a desperate last stand at Fort Gregg Douglas Southall Freeman called this epic fight one of the most dramatic incidents of an overwhelming day, and yet it has been overshadowed by all the other historic events of April 1865 Fourteen Union soldiers received the Medal of Honor for their bravery at Fort Gregg Many battle scarred veterans from both sides described this clash as the nastiest of their four year war experience. Read Confederate Alamo: Bloodbath at Petersburg's Fort Gregg on April 2, 1865 Author John J. Fox III – kino-fada.fr A good book about the fall of Fort Gregg which really takes off when the battle starts.This is a very detailed account of the fighting at Fort Gregg on 2 April 1865 The author pulls together many accounts from survivors, along with photographs of those who fought in the battle The appendixes provide additional information for the reader.On April 2, 1865, the Union Army broke the line at what now is Pamplin Park General Lee needed time to move his army across the Appomattox River and retreat, hoping to hook up with Joseph Johnson s army in North Carolina Fort Gregg and Fort Whi This is a very ...A solidly researched and documented work on the bloody battle for Fort Gregg and Fort Whitworth , as a part of the desperate end game struggle at Petersburg Grant s forces had already begun to wreck the Confederate position with the crushing defeat by Sheridan and his forces over Pickett s troops at Five Forks This is the tale of heroism on both sides, as savage fighting took place The southern troops knew how important it was to hold their position northern forces understood that a breakth A solidly researched and documented work on the bloody battle for Fort Gregg and Fort Whitworth , as a part of the desperate end game struggle at Petersburg Grant s forces had already begun to wreck ...an interesting story, moderately well told the final fighting scenes are decent enough, but Fox s prose can be pretty flat at times His mention of the death of A.P Hill for example merely mentions that he went out and got shot by a couple of Yankee troops I don t know why he even brought it up if that was all he had to say about the death of one of the most famous Confederate battle leaders only days before the war ended But the battle itself deserves to be remembered and this book does ser an interesting story, moderately well told the final fighting scenes are decent enough, but Fox s prose ...

Confederate Alamo: Bloodbath at Petersburg's Fort Gregg on April 2, 1865
  • English
  • 09 July 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 329 pages
  • 0971195005
  • John J. Fox III
  • Confederate Alamo: Bloodbath at Petersburg's Fort Gregg on April 2, 1865