The Confederate Alamo: Bloodbath at Petersburg’s Fort Gregg on April 2, 1865
by John J. Fox III
BTC’s Take:
The only book to specifically cover the battle for Fort Gregg, The Confederate Alamo is a model battle history with excellent maps, an intensive amount of research, and a well-told account of one of the most dramatic last stands in the entire Civil War. The Confederate defenders of Fort Gregg sold their lives dearly to buy time for Lee’s Confederates to be able to evacuate Petersburg and Richmond that evening. Had the fort fallen sooner, the war in Virginia might have ended on April 2, 1865 instead of a week later.
Book Summary/Review:
- Jim Miller Reviews The Confederate Alamo at Civil War Notebook
- Review: The Confederate Alamo: Bloodbath at Petersburg’s Fort Gregg on April 2, 1865
- Drew Wagenhoffer’s Review of The Confederate Alamo at Civil War Books & Authors
- Fred Ray’s Review of The Confederate Alamo at TOCWOC: A Civil War Blog
BTC Siege of Petersburg Book Notes:
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Publisher Info:
The Confederate Alamo is the first book-length study ever written about the chaotic and bloody Battle of Fort Gregg. By April 2, 1865, General Ulysses S. Grant’s men had tightened their noose around the vital town of Petersburg, Virginia. Trapped on three sides with a river at their back, the soldiers from General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia had never faced such dire circumstances.
To give Lee time to craft an escape, a small motley group of threadbare Southerners made a suicidal last stand at a place called Fort Gregg. Famous Civil War historian Douglas Southall Freeman described this fight as “one of the most dramatic incidents of an overwhelming day.” The venerable Union commander, Major General John Gibbon, observed, “[t]he struggle was one of the most desperate ever witnessed.”
Hardcover Edition
ISBN: 978-0-9711950-0-4
Publisher: Angle Valley Press
Release Date: April 3, 2010
Pages: 352 pages
The Siege of Petersburg Online: Beyond the Crater Pages Which Mention This Book:
- The Confederate Alamo: Bloodbath at Petersburg’s Fort Gregg on April 2, 1865 by John J. Fox III
- BTC Notes: The Confederate Alamo: Bloodbath at Petersburg’s Fort Gregg on April 2, 1865
- Jim Miller Reviews The Confederate Alamo at Civil War Notebook
- Review: The Confederate Alamo: Bloodbath at Petersburg’s Fort Gregg on April 2, 1865