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03/12/1864 |
Ulysses Simpson Grant is formally named commander of all Union Armies, with rank of Lieutenant-General |
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05/04/1864 |
In Virginia, the Union Army crosses the Rapidan River and begins Grant's Overland Campaign |
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05/05/1864 |
The Battle of the Wilderness opens on ground fought over the year before at Chancellorsville |
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05/05/1864 to 06/27/1864 |
Grant's Overland Campaign against the Army of Northern Virginia continues |
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05/06/1864 |
In Spotsylvania County, Virginia, the Battle of the Wilderness continues for a second bloody day |
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05/07/1864 |
In Spotsylvania County, Virginia, the Battle of the Wilderness ends and Union maneuvering continues |
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06/28/1864 |
The Union Army crosses the James River, ending Grant's Overland Campaign and besieging Petersburg |
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04/01/1865 |
In Dinwiddie County, Virginia, the Union's Fifth Corps capture a vital crossroads at the Battle of Five Forks |
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04/02/1865 |
After 292 days of Union siege, General Robert E. Lee orders the evacuation of Petersburg, Virginia |
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04/02/1865 |
In Virginia, Confederate General A.P. Hill is killed riding in front of the Confederate lines at Petersburg |
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04/03/1865 |
After nine months of bloody attempts, the Union Army marches into Petersburg, Virginia |
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04/05/1865 |
In Amelia County, Virginia, Union forces consolidate to block General Lee's retreat towards Danville |
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04/06/1865 |
At Sailor's Creek, the Army of Northern Virginia loses almost a quarter of its remaining strength |
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04/06/1865 |
In Virginia, CSA corps commander General Richard S. Ewell is taken prisoner, along with four of his generals |
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04/07/1865 |
General U.S. Grant, Union commander, contacts Confederate General Robert E. Lee to suggest Lee's surrender |
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04/08/1865 |
General U.S. Grant, Union commander, receives a response from Confederate General Robert E. Lee concerning surrender |
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04/08/1865 |
In Virginia, Custer's cavalry captures vital supplies and blocks the Confederate retreat at Appomattox Station |
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04/08/1865 |
Ulysses S. Grant, Union commander, hints at generous terms and suggests to Robert E. Lee they meet face to face |
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04/09/1865 |
Robert E. Lee meets Ulysses Grant at the village of Appomattox Court House and surrenders his army |
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04/09/1865 |
At dawn, the Army of Northern Virginia makes one last effort to break out the Union encirclement |
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08/18/1865 |
In Illinois, General U.S. Grant returns to his hometown of Galena for the first time since the outbreak of the war |
