Federal cavalry led by James H. Wilson captures the important manufacturing city of Selma, Alabama, and asserts firm control over the interior of the Deep South.
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Spotsylvania: Attacking the Mule Shoe
Ulysses S. Grant learns that his Federal Army of the Potomac has lost the race to Spotsylvania Court House to Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. Grant approves a massed assault on a salient in Lee’s defense line, which results in more horrific casualties.
The Rappahannock Station Engagement
Elements of the Federal Army of the Potomac try crossing the Rappahannock River, while Robert E. Lee’s Confederates are determined to stop them.