Siege of Petersburg

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battle of the American Civil War military siege

The Siege of Petersburg was a prolonged series of trench warfare operations in 1864–1865 around Petersburg, Virginia, whose eventual Union victory cut off Confederate supply lines and led directly to the fall of Richmond and the end of the American Civil War.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Fall of Richmond	1
Siege of Richmond	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle of the American Civil War ⓘ military siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Richmond–Petersburg Campaign ⓘ surface form: Petersburg Campaign Richmond–Petersburg Campaign ⓘ
belligerent	Confederate States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States (Union)
casualties	tens of thousands on both sides ⓘ
combatantCommander	George G. Meade ⓘ Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard Robert E. Lee ⓘ Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
commanderSide	Robert E. Lee ⓘ surface form: Robert E. Lee – Confederacy Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ surface form: Ulysses S. Grant – Union
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateOfBreakthrough	1865-04-02 ⓘ
endDate	1865-04-02 ⓘ
endedWith	Union occupation of Petersburg ⓘ evacuation of Petersburg by Confederate forces ⓘ
followedBy	Appomattox Campaign ⓘ
front	Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
involvedUnit	Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ Army of the James ⓘ Army of the Potomac ⓘ
location	Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
majorEngagement	Battle of Boydton Plank Road ⓘ Battle of Fort Stedman ⓘ Battle of Hatcher's Run ⓘ Battle of Peebles' Farm ⓘ Battle of the Crater ⓘ Battle of the Weldon Railroad ⓘ Second Battle of Petersburg ⓘ Third Battle of Petersburg ⓘ
notableFeature	extensive network of trenches and fortifications ⓘ use of large-scale mining operation at the Battle of the Crater ⓘ
partOf	Richmond–Petersburg Campaign ⓘ
precededBy	Overland Campaign ⓘ
primaryObjective	capture of Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
relatedEvent	Siege of Petersburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fall of Richmond Appomattox Court House, Virginia ⓘ surface form: Surrender at Appomattox Court House
result	Union victory ⓘ
significance	contributed to the end of the American Civil War ⓘ cut off Confederate supply lines to Richmond ⓘ led directly to the fall of Richmond ⓘ
startDate	1864-06-15 ⓘ
strategicImportance	Petersburg was a major railroad hub supplying Richmond ⓘ
tacticUsed	siege warfare ⓘ trench warfare ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

From Manassas to Appomattox → describesEvent → Siege of Petersburg ⓘ

Army of Northern Virginia → engagedIn → Siege of Petersburg ⓘ

Army of the Potomac → engagedIn → Siege of Petersburg ⓘ

Appomattox Campaign → followed → Siege of Petersburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Richmond

American Civil War → hasPart → Siege of Petersburg ⓘ

Gouverneur Kemble Warren → participantIn → Siege of Petersburg ⓘ

James Longstreet → participantIn → Siege of Petersburg ⓘ

Siege of Petersburg → relatedEvent → Siege of Petersburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fall of Richmond

Confederate States Army → significantBattle → Siege of Petersburg ⓘ