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Part of American Civil War

Siege of Petersburg

June 9, 1864 – March 25, 1865 · Siege of Petersburg

Result Union victory

Nine months of trench warfare around Petersburg and Richmond that ended with the fall of both cities in April 1865.

On the map Contemporaries

Union

Confederacy

United States
Confederate States of America
Ulysses S. Grant military commander George Meade military commander Benjamin Franklin Butler military commander
Robert E. Lee military commander P. G. T. Beauregard military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
125,000
Casualties
c. 42,000
Strength
c. 60,000

Units

Army of the James Army of the Potomac IX Corps (Union Army) V Corps (Union Army) 20th Maine Infantry Regiment Irish Brigade (Union Army) Union Army X Corps (Union army) 3rd New York Cavalry Regiment 62nd Ohio Infantry Regiment 11th Maine Infantry Regiment 185th New York Infantry Regiment 1st Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment 23rd Illinois Infantry Regiment 39th Illinois Infantry Regiment 4th Infantry Regiment (United States) 67th Ohio Infantry Regiment 6th Ohio Cavalry Regiment 7th Indiana Infantry Regiment 87th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
Army of Northern Virginia First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia Pickett's Division Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia Fourth Corps, Army of Northern Virginia 11th Virginia Cavalry Regiment 12th Virginia Cavalry Regiment 1st Virginia Cavalry Regiment 24th Virginia Infantry Regiment 2nd Virginia Cavalry Regiment 31st Virginia Infantry Regiment 3rd Virginia Cavalry Regiment 44th North Carolina Infantry Regiment 4th North Carolina Infantry Regiment 4th Virginia Cavalry Regiment 5th Virginia Cavalry Regiment

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