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The Battle of Fort Stedman

March 25, 2020 WalterCoffey

March 25, 1865 – General Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia launched a desperate attack to break out of the siege lines at

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The Battle of the Crater

July 30, 2019 WalterCoffey

July 30, 1864 – An ill-fated plan to detonate gunpowder under the Confederate trenches at Petersburg, Virginia, resulted in a disastrous Federal defeat. As Federals

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Petersburg: Federals Poised to Attack

July 29, 2019 WalterCoffey

July 29, 1864 – The final preparations were made to detonate gunpowder in a tunnel below the Confederate lines at Petersburg. By this time, the

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The Second Battle of Petersburg: Day Four

June 18, 2019 WalterCoffey

June 18, 1864 – Federal forces launched yet another assault on the Petersburg defenses, but by this time General Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of

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The Siege of Knoxville Begins

November 17, 2018 WalterCoffey

November 17, 1863 – Lieutenant General James Longstreet expected to renew the fight at Campbell’s Station, but Major General Ambrose E. Burnside’s Federals had fallen

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