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	Petersburg, Virginia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		Siege of Petersburg preceded Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender and the end of the war.
		Petersburg is the center of the Appomattox Basin regional economy that includes the counties of Dinwiddie and Prince George, the southern part of Chesterfield County, and the cities of Hopewell and Colonial Heights.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Petersburg,_Virginia (1227 words)

	Book Encyclopedia - Web Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		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.
		As the siege continued, Grant attempted to break or encircle the Confederate forces in multiple attacks moving from east to west, and both armies' lines were stretched out until they surrounded the city.
	www.bookencyclopedia.com /index.php?title=Siege_of_Petersburg (1479 words)

	Siege of Petersburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Troops in the Siege of Petersburg faced the usual siege armaments — projectiles of all shapes and sizes and attacks on fortifications — but the Union added underground explosives to the mix.
		The Siege of Petersburg (June 15, 1864 – April 2, 1865) was a ten-month long siege of Petersburg, Virginia, during the American Civil War.
		The taking of Petersburg by Union forces would make the defense of Richmond a major concern for Robert E. Lee.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Siege_of_Petersburg (1717 words)

	The Civil War
		The Battle of Petersburg (The Petersburg Campaign) was a series of battles fought in Southern Virginia, in the final months of the Civil War, leading to the defeat of the south.
		Petersburg, some 23 miles from Richmond, was a strategic railway center for the protection of the Capitol of the South.
		The Siege of Petersburg, Virginia, June 15, 1864 - April 3, 1865, is one of the least studied campaigns of the Civil War.
	www.angelfire.com /ky/Endicott/CivilWar.html (834 words)

	AllRefer.com - Petersburg, United States (U.S. Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		In the Civil War, Petersburg, which guarded the southern approaches to Richmond, was under siege from June 15, 1864, to Apr. 3, 1865.
		Grant gradually extended his left flank SW of Petersburg to cut off Lee's supplies from the lower South, and Lee was forced to spread his smaller army over many miles of entrenchments.
		Virginia State Univ. is to the north in the suburb of Ettrick.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/Petersbu.html (402 words)

	Battle Of Petersburg - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The siege of Petersburg, Virginia (June 15, 1864 -- April 2, 1865) is one of the least studied campaigns of the Civil War.
		At the Battle of Petersburg, Virginia, Union forces were unable to take the strategic city in the face of brilliant strategy by General Lee.
		Troops in the Siege of Petersburg faced the usual siege armaments â” projectiles of all shapes and sizes and attacks on...
	battle.fdsv.com /index.php?k=battle-of-petersburg (1067 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.
		If the Confederacy were to survive the spring, the Army of Northern Virginia must avoid encirclement and march south to link-up with GEN Joseph E. Johnston's army in North Carolina.
	www.batteryb.com /battles/petersburg.html (1737 words)

	Battle of the Petersburg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		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.
		The leaders in the Confederate government at Richmond contemplated the abandonment of Virginia and the concentration of the troops of Lee and Johnston south of the Roanoke.
		The politicians of Virginia would not allow such a movement, nor would Lee have led the Army of Northern Virginia out of that State; so, President Davis and his advisers had to abandon their project.
	www.sonofthesouth.net /leefoundation/battle-of-petersburg.htm (3574 words)

	Life in the Trap: Petersburg 1864 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Reverend John Miller ascended the pulpit at the second Presbyterian Church in Petersburg, Virginia, one Sunday in June 1864 and began a prayer.
		Naturally, the siege the Federals laid to Petersburg in June 1864 hurt living conditions for the inhabitants, but the war had impacted on the city from the start.
		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.
	www.thehistorynet.com /cwti/blpetersburgva (879 words)

	William Mahone biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Of small stature, the dynamic Mahone became a Major General in the Confederate Army and was widely regarded as the hero of the Battle of the Crater during the Siege of Petersburg in 1864-1865.
		After the war, William Mahone was the driving force in the linkage of NandP, Southside Railroad and the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad to form the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad (AMandO), a new line extending from Norfolk to Bristol, Virginia in 1870.
		The Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute at Petersburg was forerunner of Virginia State College, which expanded to become Virginia State University, and Norfolk State College, which expanded to become Norfolk State University.
	william-mahone.biography.ms (499 words)

	Petersburg, Virginia
		As with most of this area of Virginia, Petersburg is rich in early American history.
		The Siege Museum (West Bank Street) is a Civil War exhibit and includes a very fine film presentation.
		The Petersburg National Battlefield (I-95 exit 54) is a 2,700 acre park with a Visitor's Center, exhibits, tours and film presentations.
	www.icity.net /cityguide/petersburg.html (368 words)

	Famous Cannon & Mortars
		Company G of the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery, served the "Dictator" at the siege of Petersburg, Virginia in 1864.
		The "Dictator" was usually positioned in a curved section of the Petersburg and City Point Railroad and was employed for about three months during the siege.
		An 8-inch, 200-pounder Parrott siege gun was mounted, under fire from the Confederates, and promptly began firing incendiary shells into the city.
	www.civilwarartillery.com /cannon (669 words)

	Petersburg Virginia - AskTheBrain.com
		Was killed in action at the Battle of the Crater at Petersburg, Virginia, on 7/30/1864.
		City Point, Virginia, becomes the logistics base for the Army of the Potomac during the siege of Petersburg.
		The Army of Northern Virginia evacuated Richmond and Petersburg during the night of April 2 and the early morning of the 3d.
	www.askthebrain.com /petersburg_virginia-.html (313 words)

	5th Alabama Battalion - Unit History
		The North Sumter Rifles was recruited in Sumter County, AL in the spring of 1861, prior to the bombardment on Fort Sumter.
		After Gettysburg, in August of 1863, the remainder of the Fifth Alabama Battalion was detached from Archer's brigade and made the Provost Guard of the III Corps, Army of Northern Virginia and assigned to Lt. General A.
		At Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor and in the Siege of Petersburg the battalion fulfilled its role as Provost Guard for the III Corps many times coming under fire and moving to the front line at points of danger.
	history-sites.com /5albn/5alhist.htm (1836 words)

	Virginia's Civil War Trails \| Central \| Petersburg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		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)

	An Abbreviated History of the 8th United States Colored Troops Infantry Regiment
		This regiment was ready for the field in December, 1863, and left Philadelphia for Hilton Head, S. C., on January 16th, 1864 from which point it was ordered to Jacksonville, Fla. At the battle of Olustee, a point about fifty miles westward from that city, on February 20th the ”8th” met with disastrous losses.
		After wintering in the trenches before Richmond the regiment participated in the final struggle around Petersburg, and was present at the scene of the surrender at Appomattox.
		After several weeks of duty at Petersburg the ”8th” was sent by transport to Texas, serving there until November.
	www.angelfire.com /pa5/8usct/8usct_history1.html (404 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: The Last Citadel: Petersburg, Virginia June 1864-April 1865 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The nine-month Petersburg campaign was, in the author's view, the South's Gethsemane ("the place where its moral character and its belief in its own righteous cause faced their ultimate testing").
		I think this is due to the length of the siege (from June 1864-April 1865), to the complexity of the military operations, and to the interrelationship of the Petersburg siege with activites elswhere, particularly Sheridan's raids in the Shenendoah Valley and Sherman's taking of Atlanta and March to the sea.
		The object of the siege was to capture the City of Petersburg and then move on the Confederate capitol of Richmond from the South.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0316853275 (2014 words)

	History: Grant's Headquarters: Setting Up Camp
		This plan was not working as Grant had intended and ultimately, Grant shifted his focus and proceeded with a siege of Petersburg, Virginia.
		As the siege evolved, Grant started to stretch his lines to the south and west of Petersburg, with the intention of cutting all railroad lines that led into Petersburg.
		During the summer and fall of 1864, General Grant and members of his staff lived in tents situated on the grounds of a Virginia plantation.
	www.cr.nps.gov /logcabin/html/cp1.html (358 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)

	Grant Attacked Petersburg, Virginia
		The siege on Petersburg had been going for nine months before Grant's army of 112,000 men finally broke through the lines of the 50,000 Confederate soldiers holding Petersburg.
		By the time the Union had placed its flag on the Petersburg courthouse, 28,000 Southern and 42,000 Northern soldiers had been killed or wounded.
		Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9.
	www.americaslibrary.gov /cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/civil/petersburg_2 (114 words)

	Topographical Engineers -- Nathanial Michler
		Michler was promoted to second lieutenant in 1854 and first lieutenant in 1856, and from 1857 to 1860 he served as chief topographical engineer in surveys for a canal from the Gulf of Darien to the Pacific Ocean.
		He was recalled in 1858 to establish the boundary between Maryland and Virginia, but returned to Panama in 1859 to complete the canal project.
		He became a major of the Corps of Engineers in 1864, then on August 1, 1864, was brevetted lieutenant colonel for "faithful and meritorious service in the field." On April 2, 1865, he was brevetted colonel for his service during the siege of Petersburg, Virginia, and brigadier general for his services during the Civil War.
	www.topogs.org /b_michler.html (662 words)

	Civil War > Siege of Petersburg
		The Army of Virginia was forced to withdraw from both Petersburg and Richmond.
		This was a siege that Lee knew he could not win, but he had no choice but to participate in.
		While the siege was taking place the confederates suffered a severe reversal of fortunes in the Shenandoah Valley.
	www.multied.com /civilwar/Petersburg.html (648 words)

	War Between the States Calendar: August
		[SIEGE OF PETERSBURG] Five Brigades of Hill's Corps strike the federal infantry in the afternoon; Mahone with three brigades slips behind the concealment of a heavy growth of trees and inflicts serious losses on the yankees taking 2500 prisoners.
		[SIEGE OF PETERSBURG] A reinforced A.P. Hill surprises Hancock while he is tearing up the track of the Weldon Railroad at Reams Station and badly beats him taking a great many armaments, 1700 prisoners and causing 2742 casualties in all, mostly captured and missing.
		Hampton Roads, Virginia, is the scene of the disembarkation of a federal fleet to attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, defenses.
	www.geocities.com /genebrooks/august.html (3259 words)

	NARA Exhibit: American Originals, Part 2: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
		For his proven military skills and for his bulldog determination to destroy the Confederate armies, President Lincoln picked Grant in March 1864 to be Lieutenant General of the U.S. Army—commander of all Union forces.
		In June of that year, Grant set out to capture Petersburg, Virginia, the hub of a railroad system that carried food and supplies to the Confederate capital city of Richmond and to Gen. Robert E. Lee's army.
		The grim siege, which took place in a snakelike system of trenches, lasted nearly 10 months, ending just days before Lee surrendered his army to Grant.
	www.archives.gov /exhibits/american_originals/civilwar.html (877 words)

	Petersburg National Battlefield (National Park Service)
		Petersburg, Virginia, became the setting for the longest siege in American history when General Ulysses S. Grant failed to capture Richmond in the spring of 1864.
		Grant settled in to subdue the Confederacy by surrounding Petersburg and cutting off General Robert E. Lee's supply lines into Petersburg and Richmond.
		On April 2, 1865, nine-and-one-half months after the siege began, Lee evacuated Petersburg.
	www.nps.gov /pete (62 words)

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