Shock Troops of the Confederacy at Petersburg: Petersburg Video Tour!

General William Mahone’s troops stymied Union success again and again at Petersburg. Join Will Greene and Garry Adelman at some "off the beaten path" earthworks that you’ve likely never seen.

[MrAuk]

General William Mahone’s troops, hero's to a man!

[richardglady]

1. Thank you for the background about land stewardship.
2. A. Wilson Greene has a great book out entitled “The Final Battles of the Petersburg Campaign.”
3, Edwin C. Bears has a two volume history of Petersburg.
4. Earl J. Hess has a wonderful book “In the Trenches at Petersburg.” This book is part of a series Hess wrote about fortifications in the Civil War, east and west (Atlanta Campaign).
5. Thank you so much for this series of videos. To see these locations is amazing and I appreciate it so much.
6. Heth’s division was another of Lee’s army that was used extensively to counterattack Union offensives.

[kaycox]

Garry, you are SO DELIGHTFULLY ENTHUSIASTIC and knowledgeable. THANK YOU and all the team there.

[lawrencemyers]

I'll have to pick up Mr. Greene's book. Besides the Crater, I know very little of the Siege and it looks like a good place to start.

[bruceschmidt]

Please keep up the GOOD WORK Garry and Will!! Appreciate your presentations!!

[puggsandgunsandthings]

Very cool ! Thank you for the visual to all the reading I have done everything. Love this channel!

[mikefannon]

So much went on in this campaign around Petersburg! We lived near there for 20 years, visited many of these sites. Hard to get the overall picture, but fun trying!
Thanks for these videos!

[tomdynia]

Another great video! I didn't even know this section of the Dimmock Line still existed! I am so looking forward to Will's next volume and the one after that!

[JazzMan]

Great work! Very proud to support your efforts.

[crippledcrow]

My GG Grandfather M.P. Hamilton was in that attack. J.C.C. Sanders (Saunders) was his brigade commander. Co.B, 11th Alabama.

[chasemurraychristopherdola]

I would say that Mahone and his men were the American version of Stobtruppen which is the German translation of stormtroopers which are troops that were trained to use infiltration tactics in ww1

[leedierdorf]

I wish you could show a map of where you are at the beginning of each video.

[toddchaddon]

You have to wonder what could have happened if Mahone had performed as admirably at Gettysburg!!

[pczTV]

Sorry. Needs maps and perspectives! I’m totally lost !

[model-man]

William Mahone:Founder of the great Norfolk and Western Railroad.

[ernestmacmurray]

Where does the term Shock troops come from. Was this term used during the civil war ? It seems like a construct applied only after ww2 . Does anyone know if it was used during civil war ?

[NJcruiser]

Sucks, this needs to be interpreted. I am reading everything I can find on Petersburg so this has been fun for me but I agree with another commenter that you need to provide some maps and locations for it to make better sense as to the whole picture of the campaign.

[tinaphillips]

I heard on this that General Hancock was recovering from his Gettysburg wound. That was back in July of 1863, and he was at the wilderness and spotsylvania courthouse campaigns in May of 1864. With these attacks in June of 1864, why is General Birney in command of Hancock’s II Corps? Hancock should have been recovered by now from his wound at Gettysburg almost a year ago before Petersburg.

[stonesinmyblood]

Grant by 1864, knew he had more soldiers and equipment than the south could dream of. If he lost, say 1000 men and the confederates lost 1000 soldiers, the percentage lost was much higher on the southern side. This is what Grants strategy was in this campaign

Im a descendent of a 12th va vet. Proud of it