siege_of_petersburg | ispartofmilitaryconflict | american_civil_war <sep> the richmond–petersburg campaign was a series of battles around petersburg, virginia, fought from june 9, 1864, to march 25, 1865, during the american civil war although it is more popularly known as the siege of petersburg, it was not a classic military siege, in which a city is encircled with fortifications blocking all routes of ingress and egress, nor was it strictly limited to actions against petersburg the campaign consisted of nine months of trench warfare in which union forces commanded by lt gen ulysses s 
siege of petersburg was part of the american civil war conflict.the richmond–petersburg campaign was a series of battles around petersburg, virginia, during the american civil war