A Grand Opening Squandered: The Battle for Petersburg, June 15-18, 1864 (Chick - CWC) brass By the time Grant's forces

By the time Grant's forces withdrew

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A Grand Opening Squandered: The Battle for Petersburg, June 15-18, 1864 (Chick - CWC) brass By the time Grant's forcesby Sean Michael Chick (Author) The Battle of Petersburgs intense four day clash marked a missed Union opportunity, prolonging the Civil War with dramatic consequences. May and June 1864 in Virginia witnessed some of the most brutal and bloody fighting of the Civil War. Combined losses for the two armies after the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, North Anna, and Cold Harbor exceeded 80,000 killed, wounded, and captured. The result? A stalemate