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PETERSBURG CAMPAIGN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65); Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee
Synonyms:
Petersburg; Petersburg Campaign
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Instance hypernyms:
campaign; military campaign (several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints))
beleaguering; besieging; military blockade; siege (the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack)
Domain region:
Old Dominion; Old Dominion State; VA; Va.; Virginia (a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War)
Holonyms ("Petersburg Campaign" is a part of...):
American Civil War; United States Civil War; War between the States (civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865)
