Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia launches a desperate surprise assault to break out of the siege lines at Petersburg and Richmond.
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The Battle of Peebles’s Farm
While Federal forces attack the Confederate siege lines north of the James River, Ulysses S. Grant directs the Army of the Potomac to attack the Confederate line southwest of Petersburg.
The Dandridge Engagement
Federals and Confederates converge on Dandridge to gather much-needed foodstuffs for the hungry troops in the bitter eastern Tennessee winter. The engagement that results in this convergence causes much concern in Washington.
The Bean’s Station Engagement
James Longstreet’s Confederates attack a Federal detachment in the hopes of gaining more foraging ground for winter.
The Fall of Fort Macon
A formal surrender ceremony takes place after the Confederates give up a formidable stronghold on the North Carolina coast.