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    The Third Battle of Petersburg, also known as the Breakthrough at Petersburg or the Fall of Petersburg, was fought on April 2, 1865, south and southwest...
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  • First Battle of Petersburg, June 9, 1864 Second Battle of Petersburg, June 15–18, 1864 Third Battle of Petersburg, April 2, 1865, at the beginning of the...
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  • Civil War at the end of the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign and in the beginning stage of the Appomattox Campaign. Along with the Battle of Dinwiddie Court House...
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    A. P. Hill (category American military personnel of the Mexican–American War)
    the war. He was killed during the Union Army's offensive at the Third Battle of Petersburg. Hill, known to his family as Powell (and to his soldiers as Little...
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  • Forces at the First Battle of Petersburg Second Battle of Petersburg order of battle Third Battle of Petersburg order of battle, the same as the Appomattox...
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    The Richmond–Petersburg campaign was a series of battles around Petersburg, Virginia, fought from June 9, 1864, to March 25, 1865, during the American...
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    Grant's breakthrough attack in the Third Battle of Petersburg on April 2, 1865. Union casualties in the Battle of Fort Stedman were 1,044 (72 killed,...
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    The Battle of Petersburg was an unsuccessful Union assault against the earthworks fortification, the Dimmock Line, protecting the city of Petersburg, Virginia...
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    27–28, 1864, followed the Union Army's successful Battle of Peebles's Farm in the siege of Petersburg during the American Civil War. This follow up was...
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    siege of Leningrad was a prolonged military siege undertaken by the Axis powers against the Soviet city of Leningrad (present-day Saint Petersburg) on the...
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    fort located near Petersburg, Virginia. The battle for Fort Gregg occurred on April 2, 1865, as part of the Third Battle of Petersburg in Dinwiddie County...
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    fall of Petersburg and Richmond after the Third Battle of Petersburg (sometimes known as the Breakthrough at Petersburg or Fall of Petersburg), which...
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    61st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion)
    at the Third Battle of Petersburg Private Milton Matthews, Company C - Medal of Honor recipient for action at the Third Battle of Petersburg Sergeant...
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  • John E. Buffington (category American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor, for his action during the Third Battle of Petersburg in Virginia on 2 April 1865. He was honored...
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    Appomattox campaign (category Battles commanded by Ulysses S. Grant)
    April 1, 1865, and the Third Battle of Petersburg, often called the Breakthrough at Petersburg, on April 2, 1865, opened Petersburg and Richmond to imminent...
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    34th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion)
    at the Third Battle of Petersburg Sergeant Charles A. Hunter, Company E – Medal of Honor recipient for action at the Third Battle of Petersburg American...
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    George Pickett (category American people of English descent)
    result of the battle, as well as that of the Third Battle of Petersburg the following day, forced Lee to abandon his entrenchments at Petersburg, leading...
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    William R. D. Blackwood (category American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor, for his action during the Third Battle of Petersburg in Virginia on April 2, 1865. He was honored...
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    known in the North as Battle of Antietam and Second Battle of Bull Run were referred to as the Battle of Sharpsburg and the Battle of Manassas, respectively...
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    89th New York Infantry Regiment (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion)
    Company D - Medal of Honor recipient for action at the Third Battle of Petersburg American Civil War portal New York (state) portal List of New York Civil...
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  • Milton Matthews (category American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    Medal of Honor. Matthews's medal was won for capturing the flag of the 7th Tennessee Infantry at the Third Battle of Petersburg, Virginia. He was one of six...
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  • Andrew O. Apple (category American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    the U.S. Medal of Honor, for "conspicuous gallantry as color bearer in the assault on Fort Gregg" during the Third Battle of Petersburg, Virginia, on April...
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  • fought June 21–23, 1864, near Petersburg, Virginia. It was the first of a series of battles during the Siege of Petersburg aimed at extending the Union...
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    John C. Matthews (category American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the April 2, 1865 Third Battle of Petersburg, Virginia...
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    The Battle of Dinwiddie Court House was fought on March 31, 1865, during the American Civil War at the end of the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign and in...
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    This is a complete alphabetical list (A to F) of Medal of Honor recipients during the Civil War. Many of the awards during the Civil War were for capturing...
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    of Petersburg, Virginia at the Battle of Five Forks on April 1 and the Third Battle of Petersburg on April 2. A Union division under the command of Brigadier...
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    The Battle of Gettysburg (locally /ˈɡɛtɪsbɜːrɡ/ ) was a three-day battle in the American Civil War fought between Union and Confederate forces between...
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    St. Petersburg is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 258,308, making it the fifth-most populous...
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  • after the fall of Petersburg and Richmond, Virginia at the Third Battle of Petersburg (sometimes shown as the Breakthrough at Petersburg) on April 2, 1865...
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