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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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.
James Longstreet expects to renew the fight at Campbell’s Station, but Ambrose E. Burnside’s Federals fall back to Knoxville.