Siege of Petersburg

The surrounding and blockading of a city, town, or fortress by an army attempting to capture it. This is in hopes of having the opponent surrender, as their resources wane.

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Because, after the State of Virginia seceded on April 17, 1861, the Confederate Congress decided to transfer the Capital of the Confederacy from Montgomery to Richmond, Virginia's capital, to pay homage to the most illustrious Republic of the South, which became the symbol of the southern will to achieve its independence.

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The Seven Days Battle was fought from June 25 through July 1, 1862.

In order to capture the Confederate capital city of Richmond, Grant wanted to cut the railway supply line that ran from Petersburg Virginia, north to Richmond. So far repeated Union attempts to take Richmond had failed. At least three or more Union tries at this goal were repulsed. Both Richmond & Petersburg we well fortified. Since attacking Petersburg seemed impossible with Confederate General Lee commanding the defence of both cities, Grant decided to lay siege to Petersburg in order to hope for a surrender. Almost 10 months passed before the siege succeeded. Because of the length of the siege, Lee had no choice but to withdraw from both Richmond & Petersburg. Grant cut the supply lines to Richmond. With Lee gone Grant;s forces were finally able to take Richmond. Lincoln, who had waited years to have this done, paid a visit to the captured city.

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Cold Harbor, Virginia. Grant threw several frontal assaults at Lee's well entrenched forces, and was thrown back with great slaughter.

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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.

Union General Butler's failed offensive in Virginia added damaged public morale in the North. This was amplified by the fact that Grant's decision to place Petersburg under siege added to the problem. Militarily, a siege is considered a successful strategy as a result of an offensive victory in battle. Grant's heavy casualties and lack of success against Lee left the Union's public with no tangible evidence of success. Grant's reputation was damaged by his operations in Virginia that forced him into the siege of Petersburg.

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From June 19, 1864, Petersburg was effectively under siege by the Union army. This city was important because Richmond had been able to receive supplies from that city.

The Confederate capital of Richmond was able to remain supplied with most of what it needed throughout most of the US Civil War. This was due in part by the five railroad lines that ran from Petersburg to Richmond.

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.

Petersburg was a valuable southern link to the Confederate capital of Richmond. In early June of 1864, troops under the command of Lieutenant General US Grant, made large assaults at what he considered to be the weakest links in the Confederate fortifications . On June 16th and 17th, these assaults were turned back by the Confederates. At that point General Lee sent troops to reinforce Petersburg and he himself took charge of the city's defense. After continued assaults, General Grant believed he could not break through the fortifications and decided to place the city under siege, much like he did at Vicksburg. Resigned to the fact that a battle victory was useless, Grant ordered his forces to entrench themselves around the city's fortifications. The siege would last 10 months.

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The US Civil War siege of Petersburg was important in a number of ways:

1. Despite overwhelming odds, the North was unable to break through the elaborate fortification system devided by General Robert E. Lee and his generals;

2. The key to the capture of Petersburg would lead to the fall of Richmond as the supply route by rail and road ran from Petersburg to Richmond;

3. As with Petersburg, the fortifications of Richmond were designed perfectly;

4. One Union plan to break the siege on Petersburg was a tunnel under the fortifications. That failed; and

5. It took ten months but the siege was finally a success.

After the failed attempt to take Petersburg by assault carried on June 15, 1864 by the Xviii Corps of the Army of the Potomac, the battle became a siege, that gave the start to a trench warfare like that one fought on the Western Front of the WW1.

The entrenched lines of both sides was slowly but constantly

extended southward and then southwest, for the Union Army was attempting to interrupt the vital railroads which granted the flux of supplies and reinforcements to the defensive system Richmond - Petersburg, while the Confederate Army was acting in order to prevent the enemy from reaching that goal.

Therefore we cannot define the battle a stalemate but rather a progressive, inevitable shift towards the break of the relative tactical balance between the two armies, due to the great superiority in terms of numbers and resources of Grant's Army upon Lee's.

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The Union army of the Potomac was the victor at the battle of Petersburg.

During the Siege of Petersburg, the Confederates faced significant challenges, including dwindling supplies, manpower shortages, and the constant pressure of Union forces. The siege stretched their resources thin, making it difficult to maintain defensive positions. Additionally, internal divisions and the lack of reinforcements exacerbated their vulnerability, ultimately leading to the fall of Petersburg and contributing to the Confederacy's defeat.

After the setback of the Battle of Crater, Grant extended the siege lines south and southwest of the beleaguered city. The front remained stabilized.

After Lee's failed offensive against Fort Stedman in March 1865, Grant seized again the initiatives extending the siege lines farther and farther westward, attempting to outflank Lee's right wing and threaten the Boydton Plank road, until the Confederates defences stretched so far that they could be no more adequately manned.

That led Lee, after the decisive defeat of Five Forks on april 1 and the penetration of the Confederate positions between Petersburg and Five Forks the following day, to order the evacuation of both Petersburg and Richmond to avoid of being encircled.

The Federals suffered 42,000 casualties, the Confederate 28,000.