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Definition of Petersburg campaign
1. Noun. The final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65); Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee.
Generic synonyms: Campaign, Military Campaign, Beleaguering, Besieging, Military Blockade, Siege
Group relationships: American Civil War, United States Civil War, War Between The States
Geographical relationships: Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, Va, Virginia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Petersburg Campaign
Literary usage of Petersburg campaign
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant by Ulysses S. Grant (1998)
"... WORKS BEFORE PETERSBURG - EXPLOSION OF THE MINE BEFORE PETERSBURG - CAMPAIGN
IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY - CAPTURE OF THE WELDON RAILROAD. the 7th of June, ..."
2. History of the Thirty-seventh Regiment, Mass., Volunteers, in the Civil War by James Lorenzo Bowen (1884)
"THE petersburg campaign. AGAIN IN THE TRENCHES.—DAYS OF SIEGE.—AT HATCHER'S
RUN.—PREPARING TO STRIKE.—FALL OF PETERSBURG. The Sixth Corps began to leave the ..."
3. The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans ...by John Howard Brown by John Howard Brown (1904)
"In the petersburg campaign of 1864-Ü5, commanded a detachment at Fort Converse
under Uen. Charles K. Graham, resigned on surgeon's certificate of disability ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"petersburg campaign (1864-65). The name of Petersburg is associated with operations
in the American Civil War, which formed the sequel of the Wilderness ..."
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