Campaign of Giants - the Battle for Petersburg

A. Wilson Greene is the former president of the Pamplin Historical Park and the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier and author of The Final Battles of the Petersburg Campaign.

A Campaign of Giants stands among the most authoritative and engagingly presented Civil War studies ever written."—Wall Street Journal"Essential reading for future scholars of the Petersburg campaign."—Civil War Monitor"Pairing the expertly written text with thirty-four maps and other illustrations, this book is a must have not only for students of Petersburg, but for anyone remotely interested in the military campaigns of the American Civil War."—TOCWOC A Civil War Blog"What makes A Campaign of Giants so riveting is Greene's willingness to challenge historical conventions and address controversies that have intrigued scholars and readers for generations."—ARMY Book Review"Greene's writing is crisp and clear, and the lucid descriptions of the often-confusing engagements help the reader follow the battle with a bird's-eye clarity. . . . An excellent resource for scholars and enthusiasts alike."—Vermont History"In its capacious approach, [A Campaign of Giants] rebuts charges of romanticization—it is hard to come away Greene's treatment of the grisly combat in the Crater as someone overly fond of war—but at its most fundamental level, Greene analyzes the campaign's participants as human individuals who fought, fled, failed, suffered, and sometimes triumphed." -Journal of the Civil War Era"Magisterial . . . . Scholars and enthusiasts of the Eastern Theater of the Civil War now have the first installment of this long-awaited project. The three volumes of A Campaign of Giants will be the last word on the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign for a long time to come."—Army History"An incredibly detailed, masterfully written work that should serve as the definitive account of the first two months of the Siege of Petersburg."—H-Net Reviews"Greene peels away the layers of General Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign . . . to expose the realities that made the Civil War progressively more horrible in its lethality and impact. . . . The diligent investigative discipline of the author produced a work which demonstrates, once again, that a thoroughly examined subject like the Civil War can still yield fresh treasures of knowledge."—Civil War Book Review