Siege of Petersburg

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The Siege of Petersburg was a prolonged series of trench warfare operations in 1864–1865 around Petersburg, Virginia, whose eventual Union victory cut off Confederate supply lines and led directly to the fall of Richmond and the end of the American Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of the American Civil War ⓘ
military siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Petersburg Campaign ⓘ
Richmond–Petersburg Campaign ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
casualties tens of thousands on both sides ⓘ
combatantCommander George G. Meade ⓘ
P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ
Robert E. Lee ⓘ
Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
commanderSide Robert E. Lee – Confederacy ⓘ
linked to: Robert E. Lee

Ulysses S. Grant – Union ⓘ
linked to: Ulysses S. Grant
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateOfBreakthrough 1865-04-02 ⓘ
endDate 1865-04-02 ⓘ
endedWith Union occupation of Petersburg ⓘ
evacuation of Petersburg by Confederate forces ⓘ
followedBy Appomattox Campaign ⓘ
front Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
involvedUnit Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
Army of the James ⓘ
Army of the Potomac ⓘ
location Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
majorEngagement Battle of Boydton Plank Road ⓘ
Battle of Fort Stedman ⓘ
Battle of Hatcher's Run ⓘ
Battle of Peebles' Farm ⓘ
Battle of the Crater ⓘ
Battle of the Weldon Railroad ⓘ
Second Battle of Petersburg ⓘ
Third Battle of Petersburg ⓘ
notableFeature extensive network of trenches and fortifications ⓘ
use of large-scale mining operation at the Battle of the Crater ⓘ
partOf Richmond–Petersburg Campaign ⓘ
precededBy Overland Campaign ⓘ
primaryObjective capture of Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
relatedEvent Fall of Richmond ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Petersburg

Surrender at Appomattox Court House ⓘ
result Union victory ⓘ
significance contributed to the end of the American Civil War ⓘ
cut off Confederate supply lines to Richmond ⓘ
led directly to the fall of Richmond ⓘ
startDate 1864-06-15 ⓘ
strategicImportance Petersburg was a major railroad hub supplying Richmond ⓘ
tacticUsed siege warfare ⓘ
trench warfare ⓘ

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Army of Northern Virginia → engagedIn → Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
Siege of Petersburg → relatedEvent → Fall of Richmond ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Petersburg
Appomattox Campaign → followed → Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
Appomattox Campaign → followed → Siege of Richmond ⓘ
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II Corps (Union Army of the Potomac) → engagedIn → Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
Army of the James → notableOperation → Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
A.P. Hill → notableBattle → Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
Richard H. Anderson → participatedIn → Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
Richmond–Petersburg Campaign → alsoKnownAs → Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
1st Massachusetts Cavalry → participatedIn → Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
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Second Battle of Petersburg → followedBy → Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
Battle of the Crater → partOf → Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
Battle of Boydton Plank Road → partOf → Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
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Battle of Hatcher's Run → partOf → Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
Battle of Fort Stedman → partOf → Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
Petersburg, Virginia → knownFor → Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
Petersburg, Virginia → notableEvent → Siege of Petersburg (1864–1865) ⓘ
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Third Battle of Petersburg → relatedEvent → Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
Confederate infantry → notableEngagement → Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
Battle of Five Forks → partOf → Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
Battle of the Weldon Railroad → partOf → Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
Battle of the Weldon Railroad → front → Petersburg front ⓘ
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Battle of Lewis’s Farm → precededBy → Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
Evacuation Fire of Richmond in 1865 → relatedTo → Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
John B. Gordon → notableBattle → Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
Federal Army → significantBattle → Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
Kershaw's Brigade (Confederate) → participatedIn → Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
Edward Porter Alexander → participatedIn → Siege of Petersburg ⓘ