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Siege of Richmond

United States of America · Warfare / Civil War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1862–1864Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1862

Robert Edward Lee1862

Richmond · Warfare / Civil War

Defends Richmond, Virginia, the Confederate capital against General McClelland

1864

James Ewell Brown Stewart11 May 1864

Richmond · Warfare / Civil War

Killed in battle as the Confederates are driven from Richmond

Names involved

James Ewell Brown StewartRobert Edward Lee

Provenance

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