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Petersburg | a town in southeastern Virginia (south of Richmond); scene of heavy fighting during the American Civil War | |
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Petersburg, Petersburg Campaign | the final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65); Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee | |
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St. Petersburg, Leningrad, Peterburg, Petrograd, Saint Petersburg, Petersburg, Piter | a city in the European part of Russia; 2nd largest Russian city; located at the head of the Gulf of Finland; former capital of Russia |