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格蘭特於1865年4月2日攻擊維吉尼亞州的彼得斯堡 (Petersburg)
在格蘭特將軍率領11萬2千名軍隊攻破只有5萬名南方聯盟士兵駐守的彼得斯堡之前，該地曾被包圍長達9個月之久。南方軍隊在那時候已經沒有任何援助物資了。當聯邦軍隊的旗幟飄揚在彼得斯堡法院上時，約有2萬8千名南方士兵與4萬2千名北方士兵在戰爭中死亡或受傷。格蘭特將軍後來也攻下李其蒙，結束內戰的時刻終於即將到來。羅伯特‧李將軍在4月9日於維吉尼亞州阿波馬托克斯法院，向聯邦軍隊總指揮官尤利塞斯‧格蘭特將軍投降。格蘭特將軍這時只剩下一個任務，那就是逮捕南方聯盟的總統傑佛遜‧大衛斯。但是大衛斯得知彼得斯堡遭到攻陷後，早就已經逃離李其蒙。
The siege on Petersburg had been going for nine months before Grant's army of 112,000 men finally broke through the lines of the 50,000 Confederate soldiers holding Petersburg. The South had no reinforcements left. By the time the Union had placed its flag on the Petersburg courthouse, 28,000 Southern and 42,000 Northern soldiers had been killed or wounded. General Grant next captured the town of Richmond. The end of the war was in sight. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9. One major task was left for Grant--to capture the Confederate president, Jefferson Davis. However, Davis had fled Richmond as soon as he learned that Petersburg had fallen to the Union.
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