| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Pe·ters·burg |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p  t rz-bûrg |
| An independent city of southeast Virginia on the Appomattox River south of Richmond. A prolonged siege (June 15, 1864–April 3, 1865) during the Civil War led to the fall of Richmond and the subsequent surrender of the Confederate general Robert E. Lee. Population: 38,386.
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