the siege of petersburg took place at petersburg, virginia.
the siege of petersburg took place at petersburg, virginia.
where did the siege of petersburg take place?
petersburg , virginia
the richmond–petersburg campaign was a series of battles around petersburg, virginia, fought from june 15, 1864, to april 2, 1865, during the american civil war. although it is more popularly known as the siege of petersburg, it was not a classic military siege, in which a city is usually surrounded and all supply lines are cut off, nor was it strictly limited to actions against petersburg. the campaign consisted of nine months of trench warfare in which union forces commanded by lt. gen. ulysses s. grant assaulted petersburg unsuccessfully and then constructed trench lines that eventually extended over from the eastern outskirts of richmond, virginia, to around the eastern and southern outskirts of petersburg. petersburg was crucial to the supply of confederate gen. robert e. lee's army and the confederate capital of richmond. numerous raids were conducted and battles fought in attempts to cut off the richmond and petersburg railroad. many of these battles caused the lengthening of the trench lines.
siege of petersburg
in 1872, w.e. hinton, jr, as president of the upper appomattox canal company, asked shareholders to agree to correct mismanagement, since there had not been a shareholder meeting since 1866. this mismanagement included paying out dividends before making repairs to the canal. dividends were paid out ignoring 70 shares of stock, out of roughly 1100, which allowed others to get a higher dividend. also, one shareholder who tore down canal property tried to sell off the bricks. an unauthorized grist mill was built using the canal water. one officer who let the city of petersburg take cobbles from canal property to build a road across the canal property to the officers own mill. this made other rentals of water useless, since a road lay where their mills would be. the mill owner would have had to buy water rights to the water power in a competitive bid, but having built a road where their competition would build mills, they paid a much lower price for the water. hinton suggested that $600 was a reasonable rent to charge the mill owner, because there should have been a competitive bid allowed.
upper appomattox canal navigation system