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Civil War Book Review: The Petersburg Campaign Volume 2: The Western Front Battles September 1864-April 1865

Bearss, Ed. and Suderow, Bryce. The Petersburg Campaign Volume 2: The Western Front Battles, September 1864-April 1865. (Savas Beatie: March 2014). 600 pages, illustrations, 25 maps, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN: 978-0-7006-1959-7 $39.95 (Cloth). Picking up where Volume 1 left off, the award-winning The Petersburg Campaign Volume 2: The Western Front Battles, September 1864-April 1865 dusts […]

July 18, 2014
Bearss and Suderow Win 2014 D. S. Freeman Award for The Petersburg Campaign, Volume 2

Savas Beatie released the following press release recently to announce that the Ed Bearss/Bryce Suderow collaboration on the Petersburg Campaign, The Petersburg Campaign, Volume 2, has won the 2014 Douglas Southall Freeman History Award: El Dorado Hills, CA July 1, 2014 – The Petersburg Campaign, Volume II: The Western Front Battles, September 1864 – April 1865, by […]

July 14, 2014
Petersburg Volume 2 Wins the Douglas Southall Freeman Award

I just received news that The Petersburg Campaign Volume 2: The Western Front Battles September 1864-April 1865 by Ed Bearss, and edited by Bryce Suderow, has won the Douglas Southall Freeman award. More to come as more information is available, and buy the book. Editor Bryce Suderow had the following to say about winning the award: I feel […]

June 23, 2014
Civil War Book Preview: The Petersburg Campaign Volume II: The Western Front Battles

Bearss, Edwin C., Suderow, Bryce & Wyrick, William. The Petersburg Campaign Volume 2: The Western Front Battles September 1864-April 1865. Savas Beatie LLC (March 2014). 600 pp., 38 illustrations, 25 maps, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN: 978-1-61121-104-7 $34.95 (Cloth). The Petersburg Campaign Volume 2: The Western Front Battles September 1864-April 1865 by Ed Bearss and edited by Bryce Suderow, is […]

April 9, 2014
John Foskett Reviews The Petersburg Campaign, Volume 1 at Civil War News

Fellow Civil War enthusiast John Foskett is a book reviewer for Civil War News and someone who has graciously granted me permission to post transcriptions of his ancestor’s diary at The Siege of Petersburg Online, portions of which you will begin seeing soon. John sent me an email letting me know he has a review […]

March 22, 2013
Ed Bearss (and Bryce Suderow) do Petersburg, Volume 1

Be on the lookout very, very soon for The Petersburg Campaign, Volume 1: The Eastern Front Battles. Published by Savas Beatie and edited by Bryce Suderow, this first of two planned volumes collects previously unpublished manuscripts famed historian Ed Bearss wrote for the National Park Service decades ago. I previewed the book here back in […]

October 4, 2012
Civil War Book Preview: Ed Bearss’ The Petersburg Campaign, Vol. 1: The Eastern Front Battles, June – August 1864

Savas Beatie, the publisher of the upcoming Ed Bearss Civil War book The Petersburg Campaign, Vol. 1: The Eastern Front Battles, June – August 1864, has made available to me the first part of an interview with legendary Civil War historian Ed Bearss as well as a short excerpt from the book itself. First, let […]

February 23, 2012