<p><span class="deck"> To Union Colonel Charles S. Wainwright, Lincoln was a weak President, Grant an uninspired commander, Lee a slippery foe. His outspoken diary, never published before, memorably describes the Civil War’s final year</span> </p>
<p><span class="deck">The Union Army’s siege ended in 1865, but it still has a grip on Petersburg, Virginia.</span></p>