. Slavery and four years of war : a political history of slavery in the United States, together with a narrative of the campaigns and battles of the Civil War in which the author took part, 1861-1865 . Washington. The Confederate Army under Lee, when the last campaignopened, was strongly fortified from the James River aboveRichmond, extending around on the north to the James belowRichmond; thence to and across the Appomattox; thence southof Petersburg extending in an unbroken line westward to thevicinity of Hatchers Run, with interior lines of works andforts for use in case the outer line was
. Slavery and four years of war : a political history of slavery in the United States, together with a narrative of the campaigns and battles of the Civil War in which the author took part, 1861-1865 . Washington. The Confederate Army under Lee, when the last campaignopened, was strongly fortified from the James River aboveRichmond, extending around on the north to the James belowRichmond; thence to and across the Appomattox; thence southof Petersburg extending in an unbroken line westward to thevicinity of Hatchers Run, with interior lines of works andforts for use in case the outer line was forced. Longstreetcommanded north of the James. Generals R. S. Ewell, R. , A, P. Hill, and John B. Gordon commanded corpsof the Army of Northern Virginia south of Petersburg and theJames, the whole under Lee. At the last, Ewell commandedin Richmond and its immediate defences. The Confederateshad water-batteries and naval forces on the James immediatelybelow Richmond. Their forts and connecting breastworkshad been laid out and constructed by skilled engineers, on agigantic scale, with months and, in some places, years of most of the main line there were enclosed field-forts, a. Siege of Richmond and Petersburg 187 distance of a quarter to a half mile apart, connected by strongearthworks and some masonry, the whole having deep ditchesin front, the approaches to which were covered by abattis com-posed of pickets sunk deep in the ground close together, theexposed ends sharpened, and placed at an angle of about forty-five degrees, the points of the pickets about the height of amans face. There were, in place chevatix-de-frise and otherobstructions. These fortifications could not be battered downby artillery; they had to be scaled. They contained manyguns ranging from 6 to 200-pounders, all well manned. TheUnion lines conformed, generally, to the Confederate lines andwere near to them, but, being the outer, were necessarily thelonger. Richmond and Petersburg were t
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