BGuthrie Photos: VA -- Petersburg Natl Battlefield

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. PETERB_970907_01.JPG: Petersburg; Battery Five; Little Dictator
2. PETERB_970907_02.JPG: Petersburg; Battery Eight
3. PETERB_970907_03.JPG: Petersburg; Battery Eight
4. PETERB_970907_04.JPG: Petersburg; Battery Nine (Rebuilt)
5. PETERB_970907_05.JPG: Petersburg; Battery Nine (Rebuilt)
6. PETERB_970907_06.JPG: Petersburg; Battery Nine (Rebuilt)
7. PETERB_970907_07.JPG: Petersburg; Battery Nine (Rebuilt)
8. PETERB_970907_08.JPG: Petersburg; Crater; Entrance
9. PETERB_970907_09.JPG: Petersburg; Crater
10. PETERB_970907_10.JPG: Petersburg; Fort Stedman
11. PETERB_970907_11.JPG: Petersburg; Taylor Farm
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Wikipedia Description: Siege of Petersburg
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The Richmond-Petersburg Campaign was a series of battles around Petersburg, Virginia, fought from June 15, 1864, to March 25, 1865, during the American Civil War. Although it is more popularly known as the Siege of Petersburg, it was not a classic military siege, in which a city is usually fully surrounded and all supply lines are cut off. It was ten months of trench warfare in which Union forces commanded by Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant assaulted Petersburg unsuccessfully and then constructed trench lines that eventually extended over 30 miles around the eastern and southern outskirts of the city. Petersburg was crucial to the supply of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's army and the Confederate capital of Richmond.

Lee finally yielded to the overwhelming pressure—the point at which supply lines were finally cut and a true siege would have begun—and abandoned both cities in April 1865, leading to his retreat and surrender in the Appomattox Campaign. The Siege of Petersburg foreshadowed the trench warfare that would be common in World War I, earning it a prominent position in military history. It also featured the largest concentration of African American troops employed in the war, who suffered heavy casualties at such engagements as the Battle of the Crater and Chaffin's Farm.

Background:

Petersburg, a prosperous city of 18,000, was a supply center for the Confederate capital of Richmond, given its strategic location just south of the city, its site on the Appomattox River that provided navigable access to the James River, and its role as a major crossroads and junction for five railroads. The taking of Petersburg by Union forces would make it impossible for Robert E. Lee to continue defending Richmond.

The battle for the city began shortly after the Union defeat at Cold Harbor. Grant decided to take Richmond through Petersburg, and he began positioning the Union army on June 15 by slipping away ...More...
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