It was due to an overload of the Confederacy's dwindling resources and a hard winter.
General Robert E. Lee was in overall command of the Confederate forces at the battle of Petersburg.
The Siege of Petersburg was in Virginia
The Union armies of the James and the Potomac under the overall command of Grant end the Confederate Army of the Northern Virginia, under the overll command of Lee.
Nearly all the operations in the Eastern theater were in Virginia, from the war's first pitched battle (Bull Run/Manasseh) to the terrible Siege of Petersburg which eventually ended the war.
ANSWER The decisive Union victory at Petersburg led to the collapse of the Confederate Eastern Front, the seize of Richmond and the surrender of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House. The war was next to the end.
General Robert E. Lee was in overall command of the Confederate forces at the battle of Petersburg.
The Siege of Petersburg was in Virginia
The Siege of Petersburg was in Virginia
Petersburg, Virginia
Northwestern Virginia
The Union armies of the James and the Potomac under the overall command of Grant end the Confederate Army of the Northern Virginia, under the overll command of Lee.
Nearly all the operations in the Eastern theater were in Virginia, from the war's first pitched battle (Bull Run/Manasseh) to the terrible Siege of Petersburg which eventually ended the war.
ANSWER The decisive Union victory at Petersburg led to the collapse of the Confederate Eastern Front, the seize of Richmond and the surrender of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House. The war was next to the end.
Its lines had worn too thin. The Confederates had simply run out of manpower, as Grant knew they would, when he ended the system of prisoner-exchange.
Its lines had worn too thin. The Confederates had simply run out of manpower, as Grant knew they would, when he ended the system of prisoner-exchange.
Spotsylvania and Coldharbour.
Spotsylvania and Coldharbour.