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    The Second Battle of Petersburg, also known as the Assault on Petersburg, was fought June 15–18, 1864, at the beginning of the Richmond–Petersburg Campaign...
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  • First Battle of Petersburg, June 9, 1864 Second Battle of Petersburg, June 15–18, 1864 Third Battle of Petersburg, April 2, 1865, at the beginning of the...
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  • order of battle for the Second Battle of Petersburg includes: Second Battle of Petersburg order of battle: Confederate, similar to the Battle of Cold Harbor...
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  • and commanders fought in the Second Battle of Petersburg (June 15–18, 1864) of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the casualty returns...
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    The Third Battle of Petersburg, also known as the Breakthrough at Petersburg or the Fall of Petersburg, was fought on April 2, 1865, south and southwest...
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    The Battle of Petersburg was an unsuccessful Union assault against the earthworks fortification, the Dimmock Line, protecting the city of Petersburg, Virginia...
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    The Richmond–Petersburg 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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    Joshua Chamberlain (category American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    Chamberlain was severely wounded while commanding a brigade during the Second Battle of Petersburg in June 1864, and was given what was intended to be a deathbed...
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    co-belligerent Finland against the Soviet city of Leningrad (present-day Saint Petersburg) on the Eastern Front of World War II. Germany's Army Group North...
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    1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment (category Units and formations of the Union Army from Maine)
    casualties in an ill-fated charge during the Second Battle of Petersburg than any Union regiment lost in a single day of combat throughout the war. It was also...
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  • Irish Brigade (Union Army) (category Units and formations of the Union Army from New York (state))
    Second Battle of Bull Run (Second Manassas), Gen. Robert E. Lee took the offensive, moving into Maryland. McClellan and the remainder of Army of the Potomac...
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    The Battle of Globe Tavern, also known as the Second Battle of the Weldon Railroad, fought August 18–21, 1864, south of Petersburg, Virginia, was the second...
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  • Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also List of Napoleonic Battles Battles of the...
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    known in the North as Battle of Antietam and Second Battle of Bull Run were referred to as the Battle of Sharpsburg and the Battle of Manassas, respectively...
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  • 36th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (category Units and formations of the Union Army from Wisconsin)
    action at the Second Battle of Petersburg. Colonel Harvey M. Brown (June 18, 1864 – October 27, 1864) — Wounded at the Second Battle of Petersburg at the same...
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    Ranald S. Mackenzie (category People of the Great Sioux War of 1876)
    in the Civil War. Commissioned a second lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers, Mackenzie served in the battles of Second Bull Run, Antietam, Gettysburg,...
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    P. G. T. Beauregard (category Members of the Aztec Club of 1847)
    hospitals—resisted an assault by 16,000 Federals, known as the Second Battle of Petersburg. He gambled by withdrawing his Bermuda Hundred defenses to reinforce...
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    Benjamin G. Barney (category People of Pennsylvania in the American Civil War)
    was a commander of the 2nd Pennsylvania Provisional Heavy Artillery and was known for his service during the Second Battle of Petersburg. Despite being...
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    James H. Ledlie (category People of New York (state) in the American Civil War)
    War. He is best known for his dereliction of duty at the Battle of the Crater during the Siege of Petersburg. Ledlie was born in Utica, New York. His obituary...
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    Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the River Neva...
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    William D. Dickey (category American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    Medal of Honor on June 10, 1896, for his actions at the Second Battle of Petersburg. After the war, Dickey became a companion of the District of Columbia...
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    George Pickett (category American people of English descent)
    result of the battle, as well as that of the Third Battle of Petersburg the following day, forced Lee to abandon his entrenchments at Petersburg, leading...
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  • Gen. John Pope's Army of Virginia, and at Second Bull Run it fought its first battle as the IX Corps. Only the two divisions of Stevens and Reno were...
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    James St. Clair Morton (category People of Pennsylvania in the American Civil War)
    front of colleagues due to drunkenness in the ranks and errors in troop placement. He was killed in action during the Second Battle of Petersburg and brevetted...
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    The Second Battle of Ream's Station (also Reams or Reams's) was fought during the siege of Petersburg in the American Civil War on August 25, 1864, in...
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    stated that the battle "presaged urban combat as it was to be waged not just during the Second World War, but throughout the remainder of the twentieth...
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  • John Brosnan (soldier) (category American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor, for his action during the Second Battle of Petersburg in Virginia on 17 July 1864. He was honored...
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    The Second Battle of Tikrit was a battle in which Iraqi Security Forces recaptured the city of Tikrit (the provincial capital of the Saladin Governorate)...
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    to transfer men from the Petersburg fortifications in preparation for the Battle of the Crater on July 31. The Second Battle of Deep Bottom was conducted...
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