UNPARALLELED HORROR: The Battles of Jerusalem Plank Road and the Crater, June 19-July 31, 1864

The shattered battlefront at Petersburg exposes how strategic missteps and political pressure shaped a pivotal Civil War engagement. The result was a series of Federal disasters, although Lee lacked the strength to pry Grant away from Petersburg, thereby leaving both sides in a stalemate as the summer of 1864 wore on.