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"""During a career of extraordinary public service, Chris Calkins established himself as a leading expert on the Appomattox Campaign through his tireless research, interpretation, and community outreach. This revised and updated edition of his study covering the last days of Grant's famous campaign against Lee is a welcome arrival. Deeply researched and clearly written, this book deserves to be on the shelf of anyone interested in the close of the Civil War.""--Hampton Newsome, author of Gettysburg's Southern Front ""This book, written by the pioneer of Appomattox Campaign history, remains the definitive treatment of the final combat in the Virginia theater of the Civil War. Written as well as it is researched, Calkins's prose reflects his deep understanding of events and terrain surrounding April 8-9, 1865.""--A. Wilson Greene, author of A Campaign of Giants ""Chris Calkins's groundbreaking research on the battles of Appomattox in 'No One Wants to Be the Last to Die' has stood the test of time and is the only full-length book to cover in detail those forgotten, but decisively important engagements.""--G. Howard Gregory, past president Lynchburg Civil War Roundtable"

During a career of extraordinary public service, Chris Calkins established himself as a leading expert on the Appomattox Campaign through his tireless research, interpretation, and community outreach. This revised and updated edition of his study covering the last days of Grant's famous campaign against Lee is a welcome arrival. Deeply researched and clearly written, this book deserves to be on the shelf of anyone interested in the close of the Civil War. --Hampton Newsome, author of Gettysburg's Southern Front This book, written by the pioneer of Appomattox Campaign history, remains the definitive treatment of the final combat in the Virginia theater of the Civil War. Written as well as it is researched, Calkins's prose reflects his deep understanding of events and terrain surrounding April 8-9, 1865. --A. Wilson Greene, author of A Campaign of Giants Chris Calkins's groundbreaking research on the battles of Appomattox in 'No One Wants to Be the Last to Die' has stood the test of time and is the only full-length book to cover in detail those forgotten, but decisively important engagements. --G. Howard Gregory, past president Lynchburg Civil War Roundtable

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"Chris Calkins worked at Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, ending his career as Chief of Interpretation at Petersburg National Battlefield. He also was the first full-time Park Manager of Sailor's Creek Battlefield Historical State Park. His is the author of a dozen publications and many articles, and was popular on the speaking circuit. Chris received the 2014 Award of Merit ""for his dedication to preserving the Civil War battlefield landscape of Virginia"" from the American Association for State and Local History, one of only three Virginians to receive this award. In 2020, he was bestowed with the Edwin C. Bearss Lifetime Achievement Award for extraordinary work in historic preservation. The Detroit native graduated from Longwood College (now University) in Farmville, Virginia, and lives in a restored 18th-century Georgian home in Petersburg's Old Town Historic District. Robert M. (Bert) Dunkerly studied history at St. Vincent College in Latrobe, PA, and historic preservation at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, TN, where he first began studying the battle. He has given tours of the battlefield and researched its history, preservation, and National Cemetery. He has authored three other books in the Emerging Civil War Series and is active in historic preservation and research."

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