As Federals capture Petersburg and Richmond, Robert E. Lee’s Confederate army escapes across the Appomattox River. The Confederate lines finally broke after nearly 10 months of trench warfare, but Lee’s forces are not yet conquered.
Tag: Ulysses S. Grant
Now the Nightmare is Gone
As Federal troops continue pouring into Petersburg, Abraham Lincoln enters the captured city as Ulysses S. Grant makes plans to capture Robert E. Lee’s Confederate army.
The Devil Was Loosed
As Federal forces enter Petersburg, the fall of the Confederate capital of Richmond is imminent.
The Fall of Petersburg
Federal troops finally break the Confederate defenses and conquer Petersburg, Virginia, after nine grueling months of siege warfare.
The Battle of Five Forks
Federals rout an isolated Confederate force southwest of Petersburg. This begins the campaign to end the war in Virginia.
Dinwiddie Court House and the White Oak Road
Confederates repel a Federal advance in the southwestern sector of the Petersburg siege lines, but the Federals will not be denied for long.