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Because both positions were no more defensible and had to be abandoned in order to avoid the capture of the Confederate government and the annihilation of the Army of Northern Virginia.

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he left those cities because general grant captured that city already

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Q: Why had General Lee left Petersburg and Richmond?
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In which 1864 battle did general ulyssis grant move towards Richmond and surrounded general Robert E. Lee and his troops?

Petersburg


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By defending Petersburg throughout a nine-month siege.


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Lee chose to withdraw from Petersburg in order to meet up with General Joseph Johnson. However, General George Meade of the Union Army intercepted the column and Richmond soon fell. This led to the surrender at Appomattox not long after.


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Because after the Battle of Five Forks, on Apr. 1, 1865 and the breakthrough of his front, Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia were about to be encircled. Therefore he decided that Petersburg and Richmond had to be evacuated.


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General Lee saw that if successful, General Butler's operations would place Union troops between the cities of Richmond and Petersburg. His solution to the problem was to have all Rebel troops not needed in the Carolinas to march north to help him protect Richmond and Petersburg. It should be stated that at this point in time, the late Spring of 1864, Lee was outnumbered by Grant's total forces by two to one.


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Where did lee surrender to grants?

General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865 after defeats at Vicksburg, Richmond, and Petersburg.


What was the main Confederate plan of action if General Lee's army had to evacuate Petersburg and Richmond?

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What battle convinced general Lee to surrender?

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