Fall of Petersburg

| Fall of Petersburg
3rd Petersburg

| Began:|

April 2, 1865

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| Ended:|

Same day

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| Location:|

Petersburg, Virginia

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| Theater:|

Eastern Theater

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| Campaign:|

Appomattox Campaign

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| Outcome:|

Union victory

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Combatants

Army of the Potomac

Army of Northern Virginia

Commanders

Ulysses S. Grant
Lieutenant General, USA

Robert E. Lee
General, CSA

Strength

97,000

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45,000

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Casualties

3,500

4,250

With Confederate defeat at Five Forks on April 1, Grant and Meade ordered a general assault against the Petersburg lines by II, IX, VI and XXIV Corps on April 2. A heroic defense of Fort Gregg by a handful of Confederates prevented the Federals from entering the city that night. Lt. Gen. A.P. Hill was killed trying to reach his troops in the confusion. After dark, Lee ordered the evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond. Grant had achieved one of the major military objectives of the war: the capture of Petersburg, which led to the fall of Richmond, the Capitol of the Confederacy. (NPS summary)

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Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant's Appomattox Campaign, March-April 1865

Lewis's Farm \-- Dinwiddie Court House \-- White Oak Road \-- Five Forks \-- Sutherland's Station \-- Fall of Petersburg \-- Namozine Church \-- Amelia Springs \-- High Bridge \-- Rice's Station
Sayler's Creek \-- Cumberland Church \-- Appomattox Station \-- Appomattox Court House

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Battles of the American Civil War: 1865

Eastern Theater|

2nd Fort Fisher \-- Hatcher's Run \-- Wilmington \-- Waynesboro \-- Fort Stedman \-- Lewis's Farm \-- Dinwiddie Court House \-- White Oak Road \-- Five Forks \-- Sutherland's Station \-- Fall of Petersburg \-- Namozine Church \-- Amelia Springs \-- High Bridge \-- Rice's Station \-- Sayler's Creek \-- Cumberland Church \-- Appomattox Station \-- Appomattox Court House

Western Theater|

Rivers' Bridge \-- Wyse Fork \-- Monroe's Crossroads \-- Averasborough \-- Bentonville \-- Spanish Fort \-- Fort Blakely \-- Selma \-- West Point \-- Columbus

Trans-Mississippi Theater|

Palmito Ranch

Lower Seaboard Theater|

Natural Bridge

See also: CSS Shenandoah