On June 15 and 18, 1864, Grant struck at Petersburg. He failed to take the city, but held it under siege. Just as he had at Vicksburg, Grant starved the Confederates out. It took him nine months ...

But I was at the battles of April 6 and 6, 1862. Gen. GRANT visited my division in person about 10 A.M., when the battle raged fiercest. I was then on the right. After some general conversation ...

Grant of the Union and General Robert E. Lee of the Confederacy engaged in a series of battles, skirmishes, raids, and trench warfare. These would become known as the Siege of Petersburg.

Gen. SHERMAN, who was presentat the battle, serving under Gen. GRANT, wrote a letter some time ago upon the subject to the editor of the United States Service Magazine, which is published in the ...

Today is a special day. Eighty-one years ago, on 27 January 1944, the most terrible blockade in the history of mankind - the siege of Leningrad (modern-day St. Petersburg) - ended. Its importance can ...

St. Petersburg is the only city in Florida to get the grant and will officially launch the program in June. The city of St. Petersburg has been awarded a $6.9 million federal grant to advance ...

Petersburg’s City Council voted Tuesday to approve a partnership between the city and Virginia State University that would grant the city $56,000 to improve the tree canopy and provide ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — St. Petersburg was the only city in Florida to be awarded a $6.9 million federal grant on Jan. 7 to advance broadband digital access to underserved communities.

Petersburg’s City Council voted Tuesday to approve a partnership between the city and Virginia State University that would grant the city $56,000 to improve the tree canopy and provide educational ...