Petersburg is located in southern
Virginia,
25 miles (40 kilometers) south of the
state capital of Richmond
and 77 miles (124 kilometers) northwest
of Norfolk.
Petersburg is an independent city,
and is home to 33,740 residents.
During the Civil War, Petersburg was
an important supply depot for Richmond,
and became the site of a nine-month-long
siege spanning 1864 and 1865....
