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Union troops occupied the town from May 1862 until the end of the Civil War. Confederate forces under Longstreet unsuccessfully besieged Suffolk from April 11 to May 3, 1863, then withdrew across the James on Lee's orders.
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Suffolk, Virginia · United States
