Links to posts of the actual articles Volume 4 of Battles and Leaders of the Civil War which are relevant to the Siege of Petersburg are listed immediately below. Look for these articles to gradually appear at Beyond the Crater.
- B&L: Operations South of the James River: I. First Attempts to Capture Petersburg by August V. Kautz
- B&L: Operations South of the James River: II. Repelling the First Assault on Petersburg by R. E. Colston
- B&L: Four Days of Battle at Petersburg by P.G.T. Beauregard
- B&L: The Battle of the Petersburg Crater by William H. Powell
- B&L: In the Crater by Charles H. Houghton
- B&L: The Colored Troops At Petersburg by Henry Goddard Thomas
- B&L: Actions on the Weldon Railroad by Orlando B. Willcox
- B&L: General Grant on the Siege of Petersburg by Ulysses S. Grant
- B&L: Gordon’s Attack at Fort Stedman by George L. Kilmer
- B&L: The Recapture of Fort Stedman by John F. Hartranft
- B&L: Closing Operations in the James River by James R. Soley
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Editor’s Note: The index on this page lists out the contents of Volume 4 of Battles and Leaders of the Civil War which are relevant to the Siege of Petersburg.
Operations South of the James River I.: First Attempts to Capture Petersburg
by General August V. Kautz
Operations South of the James River II.: Repelling the First Assault on Petersburg
by General R. E. Colston
Four Days of Battle at Petersburg
by General G. T. Beauregard
The Battle of the Petersburg Crater
by Major William H. Powell
In the Crater
by Major Charles H. Houghton
The Colored Troops at Petersburg
by General Henry Goddard Thomas
Actions on the Weldon Railroad
by General Orlando B. Willcox
General Grant on the Siege of Petersburg
Extract from Lieutentant General U.S. Grant’s Reports
Gordon’s Attack at Fort Stedman
by George L. Kilmer
The Recapture of Fort Stedman
by General John F. Hartranft
The Opposing Forces at Petersburg and Richmond
Closing Operations in the James River
by Professor James Russell Soley
Five Forks and the Pursuit of Lee
by General Horace Porter
General Warren at Five Forks, and the Court of Inquiry
The Fall of Richmond I.: The Evacuation
by Captain Clement Sulivane
The Fall of Richmond II.: The Occupation
by Thomas Thatcher Graves