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It actually ended April 2nd. Not 3rd. The Siege of Petersburg ended in the early morning hours of April 3, 1865 with the capture of Petersburg and Richmond, Virginia. Union forces had finally broken through the Confederate entrenchments southwest of Petersburg on April 2, 1865, but fierce Confederate resistance at Fort Gregg prevented the fall of the city until the early morning of April 3.
The Siege of Petersburg was in Virginia
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to get to the investment and siege of Petersburg Union Army of the Potomac had to cross the River James.
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The siege of Petersburg a city in Virginia was the main factor in the fall of Richmond. Petersburg lay south of the Confederate capital of Richmond. By laying siege to this city it began to cut off the railway supplies to Richmond.
At the siege of Petersburg, Virginia on 15 June 1864.
Spotsylvania and Coldharbour.
The Federals suffered 42,000 casualties, the Confederate 28,000.
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It actually ended April 2nd. Not 3rd. The Siege of Petersburg ended in the early morning hours of April 3, 1865 with the capture of Petersburg and Richmond, Virginia. Union forces had finally broken through the Confederate entrenchments southwest of Petersburg on April 2, 1865, but fierce Confederate resistance at Fort Gregg prevented the fall of the city until the early morning of April 3.
Siege of Petersburg happened on 1864-06-09.
The fall of Petersburg (April 2, 1865) and Richmond (April 3,1865), opened the Appomattox Campaign, that is the pursue, the encirclement and the surrender of Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House on April 9,1865. The Civil War was next to be ended with the defeat of the Confederacy.
The Siege of Petersburg was important because it displayed the value of excellent fortifications. The Confederate entrenchments were able to prevent the Federals from capturing Petersburg and cutting Richmond off from the vital supplies it needed. When the siege was finally ended after nine months of Union operations to take the city, it signaled that the US Civil War was only days from its end.