Campaign For Petersburg: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Campaign For Petersburg, credited to Richard Wayne Lykes, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Campaign For Petersburg by Richard Wayne Lykes. Read in English by David Wales In the American Civil War the Union victory in the ten-month campaign for the city of Petersburg, Virginia (June 1864-March 1865), led directly to the surrender of the Confederacy within two weeks. This 1970 National Park Service booklet tells the story of the campaign. It focuses on the meaning of the campaign and the experience of the soldiers of both sides, with a minimum of references to military units. The listener to this Librivox recording may want to view the printed booklet for excellent maps and revealing photographs. - Summary by david wales

Recording facts

• Recording title: Campaign For Petersburg
• Author credits: Richard Wayne Lykes
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 5
• Listed recording duration: 1:24:05

Catalogue topics

• American civil war
• military strategy
• waar
• petersburg virginia
• battle of petersburg
• siege of petersburg
• national park service

Track guide

1. 01 - Parts 1-3: Prologue, Union Strategy 1864, Strategic Petersburg — 14:49
2. 02 - Parts 4-5: Battle Of Petersburg, First Union Attempt To Encircle Petersburg — 11:07
3. 03 - Parts 6-7: Battle Of The Crater, Fight For The Weldon Railroad — 20:45
4. 04 - Parts 8-9: Union Encirclement Continues, Lee’s Last Gamble — 22:05
5. 05 - Parts 10-11: Five Forks - Beginning Of The End, Fall Of Petersburg And Richmond — 15:19

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