Siege Photos
No campaign of the Civil War equaled the siege of Petersburg,
Virginia. Petersburg was the object of the longest military action ever waged against an American city. More battles were fought
and more lives lost in its defense than over any other, better - known Southern citadels: Richmond, Atlanta, and Vicksburg.
The Civil War Siege
of
Petersburg
63rd Regiment N.Y.S.V. Irish Brigade
37th Texas Cavalry
A Band of Brothers
The Petersburg Express
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The information on these pages has come from several sources.
The most prominent being:
The Last Citadel
by
Noah Andre Trudeau
Petersburg's Story
by
James C. Scott
and
Edward A. Wyatt, IV
Petersburg
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Note: The background music is a musical rendition of Elvis Presley's song "American Trilogy". Elvis dedicated this song to all the brave men who fought and perhaps died during the Civil War, be they White, Black, Hispanic, Native American or any of the other numerous nationalities that fought on both sides during that stormy period of 1861 - 1865.
"Those who win the Wars write the History"
Katheryne Boone Hamilton
For a true (nonpolitically correct) version of what involvement that Blacks, Whites, Spanish Americans, Native Americans, Jews and numerous others who fought for the South during the Civil War click on the Petersburg Express link below.
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