It marked the beginning of Grant's Overland Campaign, a strategy that eventually led to the sieges of Petersburg and Richmond and the defeat of the Confederacy.
It was a pitiful band that he led to the sieges of the next two years.
The money was voted to re-enact the successful British siege of Fort de La Présentation, which opened the St . LawrenceRiver to the Royal Navy and led to the fall of Montreal and New France.
The killing of four private contractors in Falluja on March 31 led to the current siege of the city.
He subsequently took part in the siege that led to the Russian capture of Narva (1704) and in the battles of Lesnaya (1708) and of Poltava (1709).
Isis seized Palmyra on Wednesday night after a week-long siege that led to the collapse of forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad.
On Wednesday, Tony Abbott announced an inquiry into the Sydney siege, which led to the deaths of hostages Tori Johnson and Katrina Dawson as well as gunman Man Haron Monis.
In the final siege, which led to the fall of the city to the Ottomans in 1453, the defenders, severely outnumbered, still managed to repeatedly counter Turkish attempts at undermining the walls, repulse several frontal attacks, and restore the damage from the siege cannons for almost two months.
News of the siege ground the country to a halt and led to looting in major cities as criminals exploited the absence of police.
And that the embassy sent the statement before the siege on the consulate in Benghazi that led to the death of Ambassador Stevens.
