American_Civil_War | commander | Jefferson_Davis Alfred_Moore_Scales | country | United_States United_States | ethnicGroup | African_Americans Alfred_Moore_Scales | battle | Siege_of_Petersburg Siege_of_Petersburg | isPartOfMilitaryConflict | American_Civil_War
American Alfred Moore Scales fought in the Siege of Petersburg during the American Civil War. Jefferson Davis was a commander of the war and one of the country's many ethnic groups is African Americans.