Petersburg - General Ulysses Grant's headquarters at City Point, Virginia just outside of Petersburg. General Grant set up his headquarters here during the nine month siege of Petersburg. It was here at this major waterway that Grant cut off the Confederate supplies and basically ended the war. A couple of days after leaving Petersburg trying to escape to the mountains, General Robert E. Lee was forced to surrender his starving troops.

General Ulysses Grant's headquarters at City Point, Virginia just outside of Petersburg. General Grant set up his headquarters here during the nine month siege of Petersburg. It was here at this major waterway that Grant cut off the Confederate supplies and basically ended the war. A couple of days after leaving Petersburg trying to escape to the mountains, General Robert E. Lee was forced to surrender his starving troops.