Trenches at the Siege of Petersburg

Civil War Harper's Weekly, August 6, 1864

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Poetry

Peace Movement

Rousseau Expedition

Sherman's March on Atlanta

Petersburg Trenches

General J.E.B. Stuart

Death of JEB Stuart

Penny Shortage

Marietta, Georgia

Trenches at the Siege of Petersburg

Cavalry Raid

This Civil War Harper's Weekly features a dramatic illustration of the Siege of Petersburg.  The illustration has a number of scenes of the siege. The illustration is captioned, "General Grant's Campaign - In the Trenches Before Petersburg - Sketched by A. R. Waud. - [See Page 502]."