Description: A large double-page spread relating to the Civil War published in The Illustrated London News dated September 3, 1864 and entitled as follows: "The War in America : View of Petersburg and its Suburbs from General Lee's Headquarters " The two engraved strips are intended to be be viewed as a continuation, forming a panorama of the scene - see text to the reverse This would be General Lee's nine month siege of the town - see below Good condition - see scan. Double page size 16 x 22 inches These are original antique prints and not reproductions . Great collectors item for the civil war historian - see more of these in Seller's Other Items which can be combined for mailing. Grant's Overland CampaignFurther information: Overland Campaign and Siege of PetersburgBattle of the Wilderness Published 1887The Overland Campaign was a series of brutal battles fought in Virginia for seven weeks during May and June 1864.[222] Sigel's and Butler's efforts failed, and Grant was left alone to fight Lee.[223] On the morning of Wednesday, May 4, Grant dressed in full uniform, sword at his side, led the army out from his headquarters at Culpeper towards Germanna Ford.[224] They crossed the Rapidanunopposed, while supplies were transported on four pontoon bridges.[225] On May 5, the Union army attacked Lee in the Wilderness, a three-day battle with estimated casualties of 17,666 Union and 11,125 Confederate.[226] Rather than retreat, Grant flanked Lee's army to the southeast and attempted to wedge his forces between Lee and Richmond at Spotsylvania Court House.[227] Lee's army got to Spotsylvania first and a costly battle ensued, lasting thirteen days, with heavy casualties.[228] On May 12, Grant attempted to break through Lee's Muleshoe salient guarded by Confederate artillery, resulting in one of the bloodiest assaults of the Civil War, known as the Bloody Angle.[229] Unable to break Lee's lines, Grant again flanked the rebels to the southeast, meeting at North Anna, where a battle lasted three days.[230]Commanding General Grant at the Battle of Cold Harbor. Egbert Guy Fowx, June 1864Grant maneuvered his army to Cold Harbor, a vital road hub that linked to Richmond, but Lee's men were already entrenched there. On the third day of the thirteen-day battle, Grant led a costly assault and was soon castigated as "the Butcher" by the Northern press after taking 52,788 Union casualties; Lee's Confederate army suffered 32,907 casualties, but he was less able to replace them.[231] This battle was the second of two that Grant later said he regretted (the other being his initial assault on Vicksburg). Undetected by Lee, Grant moved his army south of the James River, freed Butler from the Bermuda Hundred, and advanced toward Petersburg, Virginia's central railroad hub.[232]Beauregard defended Petersburg, and Lee's veteran reinforcements soon arrived, resulting in a nine-month siege. Northern resentment grew. Sheridan was assigned command of the Union Army of the Shenandoah and Grant directed him to "follow the enemy to their death" in the Shenandoah Valley. When Sheridan suffered attacks by John S. Mosby's irregular Confederate cavalry, Grant recommended rounding up their families for imprisonment at Fort McHenry.[233] After Grant's abortive attempt to capture Petersburg, Lincoln supported Grant in his decision to continue and visited Grant's headquarters at City Point on June 21 to assess the state of the army and meet with Grant and Admiral Porter. By the time Lincoln departed his appreciation for Grant had grown.[234]Grant (center left) next to Lincoln with General Sherman (far left) and Admiral Porter (right) – The Peacemakers by Healy, 1868 (Clickable image—use cursor to identify.)At Petersburg, Grant approved a plan to blow up part of the enemy trenches from a tunnel. The explosion created a crater, into which poorly led Union troops poured. Recovering from the surprise, Confederates surrounded the crater and easily picked off Union troops within it. The Union's 3,500 casualties outnumbered the Confederates' by three-to-one; although the plan could have been successful if implemented correctly, Grant admitted the tactic had been a "stupendous failure".[235] Rather than fight Lee in a full frontal attack as he had done at Cold Harbor, Grant continued to extend Lee's defenses south and west of Petersburg to capture essential railroad links.[236]Union forces soon captured Mobile Bay and Atlanta and now controlled the Shenandoah Valley, ensuring Lincoln's reelection in November.[237] Sherman convinced Grant and Lincoln to send his army to march on Savannah.[238] Sherman cut a 60-mile path of destruction unopposed, reached the Atlantic Ocean, and captured Savannah on December 22.[239] On December 16, after much prodding by Grant, the Union Army under Thomas smashed John Bell Hood's Confederate Army at Nashville.[240] These campaigns left Lee's forces at Petersburg as the only significant obstacle remaining to Union victory.[241]By March 1865, Grant had severely weakened Lee's strength, having extended his lines to 35 miles.[242] Lee's troops deserted by the thousands due to hunger and the strains of trench warfare.[243] Grant, Sherman, Porter, and Lincoln held a conference to discuss the surrender of Confederate armies and Reconstruction of the South on March 28.[244]
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