What is the meaning of Petersburg?

noun

  • A town in southeastern Virginia (south of Richmond); scene of heavy fighting during the American Civil War.
  • The final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65); Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee.
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