From the earliest starting point of the war, an objective of the Union armed force was to catch the Confederate capital at Richmond. Petersburg had been the last barrier in Grant's way. Following a nine-month attack, Grant at long last drove Lee's armed force out of that city. Jefferson Davis realized that Richmond was devastated.
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Opposing sides were dug into trenches, which led to higher casualties and poor conditions for soldiers but they could rarely advance because of improved technologies such as machine guns which gave a tactical advantage to defensive forces and artillery.
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