Civil War Virginia Battle North Anna River Overland Campaign


To the North Anna River Grant and Lee, May 13-25, 1864 Spectacular narrative of the initial campaign between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee in 1864. May 13 through 25, was critical in the clash between the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia. North Anna River Jericho Mill, Hanover Junction Civil War in Virginia American Civil War May 23-26, 1864 In the Footsteps of Grant and Lee The Wilderness Through Cold Harbor For forty days, the armies fought a grinding campaign from the Rapidan River to the James River that helped decide the course of the Civil War. Several of the war's bloodiest engagements occurred in this brief period: the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, the North Anna River, Totopotomoy Creek, Bethesda Church, and Cold Harbor After the fighting at Spotsylvania Court House, Grant continued his Overland Offensive against Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. He was brought up short on the North Anna River by Lee's widely studied "hog snout line," which forced Grant to divide his army into three parts in order to attack. On May 23, 1864, one of A.P. Hill's divisions assaulted the V Corps which had crossed the river at Jericho Mill, resulting in bloody see-saw fighting. On the 24th, Union infantry was repulsed at Ox Ford (the snout) but advanced to near the Doswell House on the Confederate right. Lee hoped to strike an offensive blow, but he was ill, and the opportunity for defeating an isolated part of the Federal army passed. Once the threat of Lee's position was revealed, Grant withdrew both wings of the army back across the North Anna River. Grant outflanked the position by moving downstream and continued his advance on Richmond. Result(s): Inconclusive Other Names: Telegraph Road Bridge, Jericho Mill (May 23); Ox Ford, Quarles Mill, Hanover Junction (May 24) Location: Caroline County and Hanover County Campaign: Grant's Overland Campaign (May-June 1864) next battle in campaign previous battle in campaign Date(s): May 23-26, 1864 Principal Commanders: Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant and Major General George G. Meade [US]; General Robert E. Lee [CS] Forces Engaged: Armies Estimated Casualties: 4,000 total The Wilderness Campaign Military Campaigns of the Civil War In 1864, in the vast Virginia scrub forest known as the Wilderness, Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee first met in battle. The Wilderness campaign of May 5-6 initiated an epic confrontation between these two Civil War commanders Kindle Available Civil War Curiosities: Strange Stories, Oddities, Events, and Coincidences This work was fascinating to read and was neither over dramatic or under written. 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