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		Petersburg was crucial to the supply of Lee's army and the Confederate capital of Richmond.
		Petersburg, a prosperous city of 18,000, was a supply center for the Confederate capital of Richmond, given its strategic location just south of the city, its site on the Appomattox River that provided navigable access to the James River, and its role as a major crossroads and junction for five railroads.
		The casualties for the siege warfare that concluded with the assault on Fort Stedman are estimated to be 42,000 the Union, 28,000 for the Confederates.
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	Siege of Petersburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Petersburg was crucial to the supply of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's army and the Confederate capital of Richmond.
		Petersburg, a prosperous city of 18,000, was a supply center for the Confederate capital of Richmond, given its strategic location just south of the city, its site on the Appomattox River that provided navigable access to the James River, and its role as a major crossroads and junction for five railroads.
		The casualties for the siege warfare that concluded with the assault on Fort Stedman are estimated to be 42,000 the Union, 28,000 for the Confederates.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Siege_of_Petersburg (3970 words)

	Petersburg, Virginia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Petersburg grew from the former Fort Henry, established on the south bank in 1645.
		Petersburg is a part of the Tri-cities, Virginia regional economy known as the "Appomattox Basin" that includes the counties of Dinwiddie and Prince George, the southern part of Chesterfield County, and the cities of Hopewell and Colonial Heights.
		Petersburg is located on the Appomattox River at the fall line, which marks the area where an upland region (continental bedrock) and a coastal plain (coastal alluvia) meet.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Petersburg,_Virginia (1316 words)

	African Americans at Siege of Petersburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Petersburg was considered to have the largest number of free fls of any Southern city at that time.
		When Petersburg became a major supply center for the newly formed Confederacy and its nearby capital in Richmond, both freedmen and slaves were employed in various war functions.
		The other division at Petersburg was with the IX Corps and it fought in the Battle of the Crater, July 30, 1864.
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	Siege of Petersburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Petersburg I – Petersburg II – Jerusalem Plank Road – – – – – Crater – – Globe Tavern – Ream's Station II – Chaffin's Farm – – – – – – – Fort Stedman
		The Siege of Petersburg (June 15, 1864 – April 2,1865) was a ten-month long siege of Petersburg, Virginia, during the American Civil War.
		In an attempt to break the siege, Union troops of the IX Corps under the command of General Ambrose Burnside mined a tunnel under the Confederate lines at Elliot's Salient.
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	TheHistoryNet \| American Civil War \| Siege of Petersburg: The City and Citizens Were Impacted from the Start (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Overcrowding forced the families of the new government officials to seek lodging in Petersburg, which began to burst at the seams by the end of 1862 -- after no fewer than three military prisons and at least 11 hospitals for sick and wounded soldiers were established.
		Many Petersburgers determined not to let the siege ruin their daily lives, and certain social events were not to be missed.
		Petersburg resident Sallie Putnam noticed that "while the god of war thundered from the ramparts, not less busy was the artful boy-god [Cupid]." Despite the cannonading and distress, weddings continued unabated.
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	Siege of Petersburg: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		A siege is a prolonged military blockade and assault of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition....
		The battle of the crater was a battle of the american civil war, part of the siege of petersburg....
		Fort stedman was part of the union defensive line during the siege of petersburg in the american civil war....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/si/siege_of_petersburg.htm (3363 words)

	Petersburg Battlefield, Virginia
		To break the siege at Petersburg, Union troops dug a 400-foot long tunnel under the Confederate lines and packed it with gunpowder.
		The Siege of Petersburg was partly a testament to the change in tactics required by rapidly-improving weapons, and the battlefield offered a glimpse into the trench-warfare strategy that would become prevalent 50 years later during World War I in Europe.
		The siege was also a testament to the unyielding fortitude exhibited by soldiers on both sides of the line.
	www.delsjourney.com /travels_2001-02/story_list/us/petersburg.htm (935 words)

	Petersburg, Profile
		On the banks of the Appomattox River, Petersburg grew from the former Fort Henry, established in 1645.
		Petersburg is a city eager to grow and evolve as a business, industrial, transportation and manufacturing center.
		Petersburg is the center of the Appomattox Basin regional economy that includes the counties of Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and Prince George and the cities of Hopewell and Colonial Heights
	www.historicpetersburg.org /economics.htm (318 words)

	Battery B, 4th U.S. Light Artillery - The Petersburg Campaign and Siege
		If he gets there it will become a siege, and then it will be a mere question of time." After the Union defeat at Cold Harbor, LTG Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Potomac stood before Richmond finally out of maneuvering room and deftly blocked by Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.
		Petersburg was a major industrial center, port and railway hub, and the main supply depot servicing Richmond.
		Throughout the Southland there was a slight glimmer of hope that the growing peace movement in the North would gather enough strength to encourage U.S. voters to defeat incumbent President Abraham Lincoln in the upcoming Election of 1864.
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	Battle of Petersburg
		At the middle of June, a large portion of the Army of Northern Virginia was holding the city and the surrounding entrenchments, and a great part of the Army of the Potomac, with the command of Smith upon its right, confronted the Confederates.
		On the morning of the 17th the 7th and 9th Corps renewed the attack upon the works at Petersburg, when the hill upon which Fort Steadman was afterwards built was carried and held by the former.
		By the close of July, 1864, Grant was in a position to choose his method of warfare—whether by a direct assault, by the slower process of a regular siege, or by heavy operations on the flanks of the Confederates.
	www.sonofthesouth.net /leefoundation/battle-of-petersburg.htm (3484 words)

	PETERSBURG
		The siege of Petersburg was also the siege of Richmond, for with the fall of the former the latter was doomed.
		From Petersburg the South Side railroad ran west along the bank of the Appomattox to Lynchburg; the Weldon railroad ran south and the Norfolk southeast.
		Winchester for an expedition to the front of Petersburg, the object being the destruction of the Virginia Central railroad, the James river canal, and the capture of Lynchburg, after which Sheridan was to join Gen. Sherman's army in North Carolina or return to Winchester.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/nh/topic/civilwar/petersburg_va.htm (5900 words)

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		Grant and his generals concluded that the enemy's position was too strong, and the army settled into a siege.
		It was not a traditional siege, as even the Army of the Potomac did not have enough men to completely encircle the city, and the initial Union line was primarily on the east side of the city.
		As the siege dragged on, the pickets and the front lines sometimes made agreements not to fire upon one another, somewhat easing the constant fear of a sharpshooter's bullet.
	www.albany.edu /faculty/aballard/civilwar/petersburg.htm (549 words)

	Guide to Historic Central Virginia \| Petersburg
		Petersburg has one of the longest histories of occupation of any city in Virginia.
		Named for Peter Jones, a friend of William Byrd II of Westover, Petersburg was established in 1748 and incorporated as a town in 1784 and as a city in 1850.
		After the occupation of Petersburg by Union forces, the house was used for a military headquarters; President Abraham Lincoln visited the house on April 7, 1865.
	www.cvco.org /tourism/histrich/pburg.html (876 words)

	Battle of Petersburg
		In a siege, food and other supplies would be cut off, leaving them at the mercy of the enemy.
		The siege began in early June, and by September, the Confederate soldiers were already short on food.
		The siege lines were long, and there were many gaps where scouts could slip though, especially Confederates.
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	United States Colored Troops (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Thirty miles south of Richmond, Petersburg was a railway center essential to supplying Richmond and General Robert E.
		The 22nd regiment was involved in the Siege of Petersburg from the very beginning until near the war's end.
		The efforts and lives sacrificed by USCT soldiers during the Siege of Petersburg helped secure a dramatic Union victory towards the twilight of the War Between the States.
	filebox.vt.edu /users/dapalmer/usct2.html (277 words)

	Siege of Petersburg
		General John B. Gordon captured Fort Stedman, a Union outpost on the line around besieged Petersburg, eventually punching a hole 3/4 of mile wide.
		For more than 8 months Union forces laid siege to Confederates in Petersburg, Virginia, hoping to force the surrender of Richmond.
		Abraham Lincoln felt the siege could negatively impact his presidential campaign in the Election of 1864.
	blueandgraytrail.com /event/Siege_of_Petersburg (531 words)

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		Driver, William R. "The Siege of Petersburg After the Capture of the Weldon Railroad." In Papers of the Mil Hist Soc of MA, Vol.
		Petersburg p.9 PEEBLE'S FARM Sommers, Richard J. "Petersburg Autumn: The Battle of Poplar Spring Church." In The Confederate High Command and Related Topics: The 1988 Deep Delta Civil War Symposium.
		Sylvester, Robert B. "The U.S. Military Railroad and the Siege of Petersburg." CW Hist 10 (Sep 1964): pp.
	www.carlisle.army.mil /usamhi/Bibliographies/ReferenceBibliographies/CivilWar/battles/1864/east/Petersburg.doc.doc (1968 words)

	Historic Garden Week in Virginia - Petersburg Tour Information
		The Corporation in 1972 then conveyed the house and grounds to the City of Petersburg with the stipulation that the house be used as a museum.
		After the fall of Petersburg to Union troops, President Abraham Lincoln visited the house on April 3, 1865, and met with the Union general who was occupying the mansion.
		Under the front porch and accessed through the basement is a brick and stone tunnel used as an artillery shelter and hideout during the siege of Petersburg.
	www.vagardenweek.org /schedule-petersburg.htm (2553 words)

	Virginia's Civil War Trails \| Central \| Petersburg
		Siege Museum, Old Town on Bank Street - This quality museum highlights events and lifestyles during the city's Civil War siege.
		This spot was the objective of the Union attack, never reached, during the battle of "The Crater." Part of the Petersburg museum system.
		Quartermaster Museum, on the Fort Lee army base, east of Petersburg on Route 36 - Good Civil War displays are among interesting assortment of historic military uniforms and equipment.
	www.civilwar-va.com /virginia/va-central/petersburg.html (790 words)

	Siege of Petersburg
		Petersburg, Virginia, a port city on the Appomattox River, guarded the road and railway approaches to Richmond from the south.
		The initial assault on Petersburg was nearly successful, but the failure of Benjamin F. Butler to bring reinforcements in a timely manner ended the Union hope for a quick victory.
		One major effort was undertaken by the Union forces to take Petersburg during the siege, the Battle of the Crater in July 1864.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h123.html (362 words)

	M&M Art Travel - Siege of St. Petersburg - 300 days and nights
		For centuries the cultural heart of Russia and the second largest city in the Soviet Union, Leningrad was a prime target of the advancing German Army Group North in June, 1941.
		The Soviet offensive of January 1944 lifted the siege, and for the first time in almost 900 days, the populace could walk openly in the streets without fear of air attack.
		For everyone who lives in St. Petersburg the Blockade (the Siege) of Leningrad is certainly an important part of their heritage, and for the older generations, it brings memories that they will never forget.
	www.mmarttravel.com /newsletter/2004-09/siege.php (663 words)

	Petersburg (Virginia) - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Petersburg (Virginia), city, in (but administratively independent of) Dinwiddie County, southeastern Virginia, a port on the Appomattox River;...
		Petersburg National Battlefield, national battlefield designated in 1962, originally a national military park established in 1926.
		Petersburg National Battlefield: table of national park units in Virginia
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	Petersburg, Virginia site photos
		One of the many earthen walled forts constructed by the Confederate forces in the line surrounding Petersburg.
		Though there were few Confederate forces in front of the Union attackers Gen. William Smith stopped the attack to await re-enforcements.
		13" seacoast mortar similar to the 13" mortar used by Gen. Grant's forces during siege of Petersburg.
	www.civilwaralbum.com /misc/petersburg1.htm (301 words)

	Union - 5th Corps
		It also took part in the assaults on Petersburg, June 18, 1864, losing 389 killed, 1,899 wounded, and 38 missing; after which it took its place in the trenches preparatory to the long siege which followed.
		During the siege it was engaged, August 19th, in the battle at the Weldon Railroad, in which a large number of the men were captured.
		In this action the divisions were commanded by Griffin, Ayres, and Crawford, these officers remaining in command of their divisions until the close of the war.
	www.civilwararchive.com /CORPS/5thcorp.htm (1220 words)

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