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  • Siege of Petersburg Project Update

    I’ve now updated the Confederate OOB of my Petersburg Campaign Project through the month of October 1864 (the Sixth Offensive), and I’ve completed all units found in Sifakis’ Compendium of the Confederate Armies. The OOBs I’m starting with are from F. Ray Sibley, Jr.’s reference work The Confederate Order of Battle: The Army of Northern […]

  • A New Interest: Unit Histories

    My intense interest in the Siege of Petersburg has spawned a tangential interest in unit histories, with an emphasis on regimental histories. As I go about compiling my Siege of Petersburg Orders of Battle, I have already found the few unit histories I have in my possession (mostly H.E. Howard books on Virginia units) to […]

  • Siege of Petersburg Project Update

    I’ve now updated the Confederate OOB of my Petersburg Campaign Project through the month of September 1864 (the Fifth Offensive), and I’ve completed all units found in Sifakis’ Compendium of the Confederate Armies. The OOBs I’m starting with are from F. Ray Sibley, Jr.’s reference work The Confederate Order of Battle: The Army of Northern […]

  • Siege of Petersburg Project Update

    I’ve now updated the Confederate OOB of my Petersburg Campaign Project through the month of August 1864 (the Fourth Offensive), and I’ve completed all units found in Sifakis’ Compendium of the Confederate Armies. The OOBs I’m starting with are from F. Ray Sibley, Jr.’s reference work The Confederate Order of Battle: The Army of Northern […]

  • Siege of Petersburg Project Update

    I’ve now updated the Confederate OOB of my Petersburg Campaign Project through the month of July 1864 (the Third Offensive), and I’ve completed all units found in Sifakis’ Compendium of the Confederate Armies. The OOBs I’m starting with are from F. Ray Sibley, Jr.’s reference work The Confederate Order of Battle: The Army of Northern […]

  • Review In Brief: History and Tour Guide of Five Forks, Hatcher’s Run and Namozine Church

    Books on the Petersburg Campaign History and Tour Guide of Five Forks, Hatcher’s Run, and Namozine Church by Chris Calkins 184 pp., 17 maps, photographs In this review in brief, I’ll be taking a look at Blue & Gray magazine’s History and Tour Guide of Five Forks, Hatcher’s Run and Namozine Church by Chris Calkins. […]

  • Siege of Petersburg Project Update

    I’ve now updated the Confederate OOB of my Petersburg Campaign Project through the month of July 1864 (the Third Offensive). The OOBs I’m starting with are from F. Ray Sibley, Jr.’s reference work The Confederate Order of Battle: The Army of Northern Virginia, Volume 1. As usual in these cases, I’ve gotten enthusiastic about getting […]