(A) ** Lasted for 10 months
(B) ** had Union soldiers capture railroads and cut off supplies
(C) ** was the cause of the beginning of the end of the war.
(D) none of the answers
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -General Ulysses S. Grant’s inability to capture Richmond or destroy the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the Overland Campaign (May 4–June 12, 1864) caused him to cast his glance toward the critical southern city of Petersburg.
Concept note-2: -Why did the Siege of Petersburg happen? The Siege of Petersburg was the result of Grant’s inability to break through properly manned and constructed Confederate defences. After his lopsided defeat at Cold Harbor he used a tactic that had worked several times in May of 1864 and moved around Lee’s right flank.
Concept note-3: -Who Won The Petersburg Campaign? Indiana Cavalry Detachment at the Siege of Petersburg, Virginia, 1864. The Union Army earned a hard-won victory after months of fighting. Grant’s big attack came at Five Forks on April 1, where he crushed the end of Lee’s line southwest of Petersburg.
Concept note-4: -Petersburg Campaign, (1864–65), series of military operations in southern Virginia during the final months of the American Civil War that culminated in the defeat of the South. Petersburg, an important rail centre 23 miles (37 km) south of Richmond, was a strategic point for the defense of the Confederate capital.
Concept note-5: -The siege began on June 15, 1864, with the Union Army’s attack on Confederate earthworks east of the city, and it ended with the withdrawal of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia from Petersburg and Richmond by early morning on April 3, 1865.