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The Siege of Petersburg |
| When Grant's first attempt to take
Petersburg stalled in in June 1864, both sides dug in for what turned
out to be a long series of battles fought using trenches and
artillery. The battlefields around Petersburg tended to be more
typical of a WWI style stalemate, rather than a battle of maneuver,
and the struggle ended only when the Confederate line was finally
outflanked, resulting in the fall of Petersburg and Richmond, and in
the surrender of the army of Northern Virginia a week later. |
| These pictures on the pages following
show you some of the battlefields then, and how they look now. |
| Click on any picture for a much
larger version |
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