As the Union siege of Petersburg began to take hold, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant looked for ways to sever the railroads supplying the city and Gen...
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Fort Sumter
Early in the morning of April 12, 1861, Confederate guns around Charleston Harbor opened fire on Fort Sumter. The American Civil War was officially...
Petersburg Breakthrough
The American Battlefield Trust battlefield page for the April 2, 1865 breakthrough during the Petersburg Campaign
Thompson’s Station
On March 5, 1863, Thompson's Station, Tennessee, was a no-man’s-land. It stood in the center of a battle line that stretched 1,100 miles, from the...