. History of the Third Pennsylvania Cavalry, Sixtieth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, in the American Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . Second Lieutenant a. Vernon. Company K. First Lieutenant Andrew J. IemrertonCompany 1>. CHAPTER XXVII The Siege of Petersburg Begun. the army reaches and crosses the james river the ad-vance on petersburg- failure to capture it move-ments to the left guarding the rear of the lines return homewards and muster out of the three years men. June 12—August 24, 1864. As nothing could be gained by remaining where we were,Grant determined upon
. History of the Third Pennsylvania Cavalry, Sixtieth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, in the American Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . Second Lieutenant a. Vernon. Company K. First Lieutenant Andrew J. IemrertonCompany 1>. CHAPTER XXVII The Siege of Petersburg Begun. the army reaches and crosses the james river the ad-vance on petersburg- failure to capture it move-ments to the left guarding the rear of the lines return homewards and muster out of the three years men. June 12—August 24, 1864. As nothing could be gained by remaining where we were,Grant determined upon another movement by the left flank tomaneuver Lee out of his impregnable position near Cold he had maneuvered, which until he ran up againstLee he was opposed to doing, he had been successful, but whenhe had assaulted in front he had failed. He had started outwith the intention of destroying the Army of Northern Virginiaby hard hammering. In the attempt he had already, in fiveweeks, lost sixty thousand men, and he had not accomplished hisobject. His last attempt so far had been at Cold Harbor, andit was the greatest mistake in h
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