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  2. May 30, 2024 · The Siege of Petersburg: The Longest Military Event of the Civil War Nine and a half months, 70,000 casualties, the suffering of civilians, U. S. Colored Troops fighting for freedom, and the decline of Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia all describe the Siege of Petersburg.

  3. 19 hours ago · Petersburg: The Tunneling Expedition Begins. Major-General Ambrose E. Burnside’s Ninth Corps of the Army of the Potomac held the center of the Federal siege line outside Petersburg, Virginia. In its front, about 150 yards away, troops of General Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia held a strong redoubt on high ground ...

  4. Jun 15, 2024 · St. Petersburg - Soviet Union, Russia, History: Civil war reigned in Russia from 1918 to 1920, during which the Bolsheviks successfully defended their government against various Russian and foreign elements. In March 1918 the capital of the young Soviet state had been moved back to Moscow.

  5. 1 day ago · Alexander backed the Union during the American Civil War and sent warships to New York Harbor and San Francisco Bay to deter attacks by the Confederate Navy. He sold Alaska to the United States in 1867, fearing the remote colony would fall into British hands in a future war.

  6. 2 days ago · In 1703, he introduced the first Russian newspaper, Sankt-Peterburgskie Vedomosti, and ordered the civil script, a reform of Russian orthography largely designed by himself. On the shores of the Neva River, he founded Saint Petersburg, a city famously dubbed by Francesco Algarotti as the "window to the West".

  7. Jun 7, 2024 · 1. Battle of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania and Orange Counties, Virginia, May 5-7th, 1864. 2. Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia, May 8-21, 1864. 3. Battle at Cold Harbor, Virginia, May 31-June 12, 1864. 4. Siege of Petersburg, Virginia, June 15, 1864-April 2, 1865. 5. Battle of Appomattox, Virginia, and the Surrender, April 9, 1865.

  8. 4 days ago · The third Battle of Petersburg, also known as the Breakthrough at Petersburg or the Fall of Petersburg, was a decisive Union assault on the Confederate trenches, ending the 10-month Siege of Petersburg and leading to the fall of Petersburg and Richmond.

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