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    The RichmondPetersburg 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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    River at Richmond and the Appomattox River at Petersburg. The English established each as a colonial port in the 17th century. The Greater Richmond Metro...
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  • The RichmondPetersburg Turnpike was a controlled-access toll road located in the Richmond-Petersburg region of central Virginia, United States. After...
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  • The Richmond and Petersburg Railroad moved passengers and goods between Richmond and Petersburg from 1838 to 1898. It survived the American Civil War...
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    network, Petersburg became critical to Union plans to capture the Confederate States national capital established early in the war at Richmond. The 1864–65...
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    flour mills, in the South and the country. By 1850, Richmond was connected by the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad to Port Walthall, where ships carrying...
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    in the area of Petersburg, Virginia, at the end of the 292-day RichmondPetersburg Campaign (sometimes called the Siege of Petersburg) and in the beginning...
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    broadcasting in Richmond. As roads improved in the early 20th century, streetcars were unable to compete with automobiles and buses. The Richmond-Petersburg area's...
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    term "Southside of Richmond" can include some northern areas of adjacent Chesterfield County, Virginia in the Richmond-Petersburg region. With minor exceptions...
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  • Seminary at Richmond opens and classes begin. 1992 The state of Virginia eliminated toll collection along the RichmondPetersburg Turnpike Richmond News-Leader...
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  • order of battle for the Siege of Petersburg includes: Siege of Petersburg order of battle: Confederate Siege of Petersburg order of battle: Union This article...
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    command the Army of the Potomac through the Overland Campaign, the RichmondPetersburg Campaign, and the Appomattox Campaign, but he was overshadowed by...
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    having to change their numbers. Despite the rapid growth of the Richmond-Petersburg and Hampton Roads areas, this configuration remained in place for...
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    Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mine Run, Overland, Richmond-Petersburg, and Appomattox. The Iron Brigade initially consisted of the 2nd...
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  • The Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina Railroad was a railroad built in the early 1900s. As its name suggests, it ran from Richmond, Virginia south through...
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    Second Battle of Petersburg, also known as the Assault on Petersburg, was fought June 15–18, 1864, at the beginning of the RichmondPetersburg Campaign (popularly...
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  • 737 4,595 17,332 11.79% 7.79% 10.38% 2nd Petersburg RichmondPetersburg campaign June 15–18, 1864 Petersburg, Virginia 62,000 38,000 100,000 Ulysses S...
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    Alabama; its northern terminus is an interchange with I-95 in Petersburg, Virginia, near Richmond. It is nominally north–south as it carries an odd number...
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    Virginia Central Railroad; the Richmond and York River Railroad; the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad; and the Richmond and Danville Railroad. In addition...
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  • soon established additional locations in the cities of Richmond, Colonial Heights, and Petersburg, Virginia, each along busy through-traffic highway corridors...
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    Interstate 95 in Virginia (category Transportation in Petersburg, Virginia)
    meets the northern terminus of I-85 in Petersburg and is concurrent with I-64 for three miles (4.8 km) in Richmond. Although I-95 was originally planned...
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  • climactic battles at the end of the RichmondPetersburg Campaign, usually referred to as the Siege of Petersburg, starting with Lewis's Farm, the Union...
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  • described locally as Richmond City Public Schools to emphasize its connection to the independent city rather than the Richmond-Petersburg region at large or...
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    WXGI (category Radio stations in Richmond, Virginia)
    Richmond. WXGI serves the Richmond/Petersburg area of Virginia using three simulcast stations, AM 1240 WTPS in Petersburg, 99.5 FM W258DC in Richmond...
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    considered part of the Richmond area, southern and eastern portions of Chesterfield adjoin the three smaller independent cities of Petersburg, Hopewell, and Colonial...
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  • Battle of Petersburg may refer to: Siege of Petersburg, or the RichmondPetersburg campaign, occurring in and near Petersburg, Virginia from June 9, 1864...
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    Disputanta, Virginia (category Greater Richmond Region)
    George County, Virginia, United States in the Richmond-Petersburg region and is a portion of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The postal...
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    Northeast Corridor in Washington, D.C.. Routes would extend south via Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia, with a spur to Norfolk in Virginia's Hampton Roads region;...
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  • Battle of Petersburg order of battle may refer to: Siege of Petersburg order of battle, for the RichmondPetersburg campaign in general Forces at the...
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    and the Third Battle of Petersburg, often called the Breakthrough at Petersburg, on April 2, 1865, opened Petersburg and Richmond to imminent capture. Lee...
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