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In this fifth and final volume of his magisterial study of Grant's Overland Campaign from the Wilderness to Petersburg, Gordon Rhea maintains the high standard of the preceding volumes. He shows in clear and engrossing detail how the brilliant stroke of the Army of the Potomac's disengagement from Cold Harbor failed in the end to capture Petersburg, thereby prolonging the war and its crushing casualties another ten months.--James M. McPherson, author of The War That Forged a Nation: Why the Civil War Still Matters Gordon Rhea's On to Petersburg maintains the high standards so widely praised in his previous four volumes on the Overland Campaign. Rhea has established himself as the undisputed authority on the momentous struggle between Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant in May and June of 1864, and the deep research, lucid analysis, and engaging writing of this last volume in his series only enhances that reputation.--A. Wilson Greene, author of The Final Battles of the Petersburg Campaign On to Petersburg brings to a triumphant close Gordon Rhea's authoritative treatment of the Overland campaign between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. Marked by the impeccable scholarship, descriptive grace, and analytical acuity of the previous four volumes, it illustrates the rich possibilities when a gifted historian engages with an important and dramatic topic.--Gary W. Gallagher, author of The Union War

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Gordon C. Rhea is the author of The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5- 6, 1864, winner of the Civil War Regiments Book Award; The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern, May 7- 12, 1864; and Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee, May 26- June 3, 1864, winner of the Austin Civil War Round Table's Laney Prize.

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