Simple attrition. Grant had ended the system of prisoner exchange, so the Confederates were bound to run out of men first. Then he simply battered away at Lee's army till his lines grew too thin to hold.
Spotsylvania and Coldharbour.
battle of shiloh
Burnside led the Union troops.
The Union's military high command was aware that Confederate troops were forming a large concentration for what would be the Battle of Chickamauga. They attempted a counter concentration that called for Union troops in Georgia and as faraway as Minnesota. None of these troops were able to reach Chickamauga until after the battle was over.
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Spotsylvania and Coldharbour.
Spotsylvania and Coldharbour.
Spotsylvania and Coldharbour.
ANSWER The Union army of the Potomac was the victor at the battle of Petersburg.
Ulysses S. Grant was in command of Union forces at Petersburg.
The Union
Union/North Wins!
Petersburg
The union troops, were about 90,000 strong.
battle of shiloh
The Battle of Petersburg, which occurred from June 1864 to April 1865 during the American Civil War, involved significant numbers of troops from both the Union and Confederate armies. Approximately 100,000 Union soldiers participated, while the Confederate forces had around 60,000 troops at various times throughout the prolonged siege. The battle was marked by a series of engagements and was critical to the eventual fall of Richmond, Virginia.
Ulysses S. Grant.