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Petersburg is an independent city in Virginia, United States located on the Appomattox River and 23 miles (37 km) south of Richmond, the state capital. During the American Civil War, it was the site of nine months of trench warfare known as the siege of Petersburg and there are many battlefield sites throughout the city. Petersburg is home to one of the oldest black settlements in the state "Pochantas Island." It is also home to a historically black college, Virginia State University.
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