CHAPTER XVIII

Siege of Petersburg—Fight at Petersburg, June 9—General Lee arrives at Petersburg—General Grant shells the City—Conference of Pierre Soulé, General D. H. Hill, General Longstreet, and General Pryor—Battle at Port Walthall—A German Maiden and her Lover—Substitute for Medals of Honor—A Perilous Commission—Explosion of the Mine under Confederate Fortifications 270