Petersburg
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- proper noun
- /ˈpiːtərzbɜːrg/
:
campaña de Petersburg
- While Robert E. Lee's army remained heavily entrenched around Petersburg, Sharpe was wounded when a shell fragment struck his leg.
Examples
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Grant's army has Petersburg and Richmond under siege.
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During the retreat from Petersburg, Virginia, in April 1865, he was captured again at the Battle of Sayler's Creek.
Fiction book (1998) -
"It's a very important fort in the siege of Petersburg," he says.
Academic text (2004) -
It's it's just after Cold Harbor Grant has just begun to put Petersburg under siege.
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A final revival broke out among Lee's troops who were fighting along the lines from Richmond to Petersburg during the last months of the war.
Academic text (1991) -
I remember in 1949 when we went to the site of the Battle of the Crater at Petersburg on July 30, 1864.
Academic text (2014) -
With Union forces preparing to move against the Confederate stronghold at Petersburg, Virginia, Cahaba and Andersonville prison camps began to give up their occupants.
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Over ten days, participants traveled to Washington, D.C., Manassas, Antietam, Harpers Ferry, Gettysburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Richmond, Petersburg, and Appomattox.
Academic text (1993) -
During the American Civil War, Union troops laid siege to Petersburg for nearly ten months.
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In 1865, the fall of Petersburg marked a significant turning point in the Civil War.
Synonyms
A series of battles and a long siege near Petersburg, Virginia during 1864 and 1865 in the American Civil War
Compounds
A city on Tampa Bay in western Florida known for beaches and mild winter weather
A series of battles and a long siege near Petersburg, Virginia during 1864 and 1865 in the American Civil War
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word Petersburg used for the Civil War campaign is the town's name, built from Peter and -burg, meaning 'Peter's town'. So the phrase 'Siege of Petersburg' simply means the long attack around that town.