Thursday, April 2, 2026

Question: Union forces under Ohio-born Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant broke Confederate lines at which Virginia city in 1865?

Answer: Petersburg. After a 10-month siege, Union forces under Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant launched a decisive assault on Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, crippling Confederate defenses and paving the way for Lee’s surrender at Appomattox.