next tracy chornault talks about the long standoff between lee and grant and the entrenchments outside petersburg and the final battles in 186 a.5. he discusses the importance of supply lines to both armies and the disparity between the access in food and ammunition. this talk is about an hour. >> we have programs out there f you didn't get one in the mail pick up a program. i'm going give an abbreviated interduction of the bios we have in the program. trait tracy has a ba in history from avert college in danville and he has worked for the national park service, first part time and then full time starting in 1991 at apamatics courthouse and since 1997 at petersburg national battlefield. and as patrick mentioned tracy is the author of one of the volumes in the howard, virginia regimental history series. this deals with the 18th and 20th battalions of hefry artillery. he is also past president of the lynchburg civil war roundtable, historical society and his talk today sont fall ofis on the fall of petersburg. so please welcome tracy chenault. >> good evening. as most of you know me real

next tracy chornault talks about the long standoff between lee and grant and the entrenchments outside petersburg and the final battles in 186 a.5. he discusses the