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After Grant's failure to break through the Confederate earthworks to the north and east of Richmond, he disengaged from the blood bath at Cold harbor and raced south to attack Petersburg. Lee reached his already prepared entrenchments outside Petersburg just in time. But well supplied from City Point Grant settled down to a 10 month siege with large artillery pieces and over 100,000 men. Lee's army suffered greatly that winter; as did the inhabitants of Petersburg.
Join John and his Dad as they visit one the final clashes of the North and South.
After Grant's failure to break through the Confederate earthworks to the north and east of Richmond, he disengaged from the blood bath at Cold harbor and raced south to attack Petersburg. Lee reached his already prepared entrenchments outside Petersburg just in time. But well supplied from City Point Grant settled down to a 10 month siege with large artillery pieces and over 100,000 men. Lee's army suffered greatly that winter; as did the inhabitants of Petersburg.
Join John and his Dad as they visit one the final clashes of the North and South.
