{"product_id":"in-the-trenches-at-petersburg-field-fortifications-confederate-defeat-9781469609959","title":"In the Trenches at Petersburg: Field Fortifications \u0026 Confederate Defeat","description":"\u003ci\u003eIn the Trenches at Petersburg\u003c\/i\u003e, the final volume of Earl J. Hess's trilogy of works on the fortifications of the Civil War, recounts the strategic and tactical operations around Petersburg during the last ten months of the Civil War. Hess covers all aspects of the Petersburg campaign, from important engagements that punctuated the long months of siege to mining and countermining operations, the fashioning of wire entanglements and the laying of torpedo fields to impede attacks, and the construction of underground shelters to protect the men manning the works. \u003ci\u003eIn the Trenches at Petersburg\u003c\/i\u003e humanizes the experience of the soldiers working in the fortifications and reveals the human cost of trench warfare in the waning days of the struggle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Earl J. Hess\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 6.22w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781469609959\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEarl J. Hess is associate professor of history at Lincoln Memorial University. He is author of many books on the Civil War, including \u003ci\u003eThe Civil War in the West: Victory and Defeat from the Appalachians to the Mississippi\u003c\/i\u003e.and \u003ci\u003eKennesaw Mountain: Sherman, Johnston, and the Atlanta Campaign\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45115600666739,"sku":"9781469609959","price":60.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_a2f03bc3-5fdd-4cde-90d3-22823b1a1fc6.jpg?v=1781787004","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/in-the-trenches-at-petersburg-field-fortifications-confederate-defeat-9781469609959","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}