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The Siege of Petersburg started after the Battle of the Wilderness, as per the undermentioned events and displacements:

From the Wilderness up to Spotsylvania:

A - Union Army:

V Corps (Warren) and II Corps (Hancock) - The Wilderness - Todd's Tavern - Spotsylvania;

VI Corps (Sedgwick) and IX Corps (Burnside) - The wilderness - Chancellorsville -Aldrich - Spotsylvania;

B - Confederate Army :

Cavalry divisions Fitzhugh Lee and Hampton, Cavalry brigade Rosser and I Corps (R.C. Anderson) - The Wilderness - Corbin Bridge - Blockhouse Bridge - Spotsylvania; Battle of Spotsylvania.

II Corps (Ewell) and III Corps (Early) - The Wilderness - White Hall - Shady Grove Church - Blockhouse Bridge - Spotsylvnia.

From Spotsylvania up to Cold Harbor:

A) from May 20 through May 26, 1864 Spotsylvania - Milford Station - crossed over the Mattapony River - Chesterfield - North Anna River - crossed the Pamunkey River - Totopotomoy - Cold Harbor.

B) - Spotsylvania - North Anna River - Totopotomoy River - Cold Harbor; Battle of Cold Harbor.

From Cold Harbor up to Petersburg:

A) From June 12 up to June 14, 1864. By means of a feint towards Richmond, carried on by the V Corps and Wilson's cavalry division , which crossed over the Chickahominy River, Grant managed to make the bulk of his army cross over unopposed both the Chickahominy and the James Rivers, deploying his units for the investment of Petersburg, south of the James. Siege of Petersburg.

B) Lee, cheated by Grant's manoeuvre, make the Confederate Army cross the Chickahominy River and deploy about 10 kilometers north of the James, facing east, to cover Richmond.

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