We continue our series of reports from the Official Records of the American Civil War with five more reports relating to the siege of Yorktown in 1862.
The most interesting are the Brig. Gen. Fitz John Porter, U. S. Army, as Director of the Siege of Yorktown from April 7—May 5. and the report of Brig. Gen. John G. Barnard, U. S. Army, Chief Engineer Army of the Potomac, of operations during the siege. Barnard's report is especially interesting, runs to over 12,000 words and contains a wealth of information about the Federal preparations for a regular siege at Yorktown.
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