Under Siege! Season 1 Episode 3 Petersburg 1864: Battle of the Crater
- April 19, 2008
- 46 min
Fought during the American Civil War, Petersburg should never have been under siege at all. Union forces should have seized the town in June 1864, but through a mixture of confusion and incompetence they failed to do so, and a grueling year-long siege followed. Before the attack was over, 4500 Union soldiers were killed or wounded.