Robert E. Lee plans a Confederate assault, while Philip Sheridan pleads with the Federal high command to launch an attack of his own.
Tag: Petersburg Campaign
I Feel Like Ending the Matter
Federal forces led by Philip Sheridan prepare for a significant offensive against Robert E. Lee’s Confederate army outside Petersburg that Ulysses S. Grant hopes will end the war.
The Petersburg Offensive Begins
Ulysses S. Grant’s Federals start moving to launch their massive spring effort to cut the last supply lines into Petersburg and Richmond and starve Robert E. Lee’s Confederates into submission.
Grant Makes Final Preparations
Federal forces prepare to move west, around the Confederate right flank southwest of Petersburg, in what Ulysses S. Grant hopes will crush Confederate resistance in Virginia and end the war.
A Little Rumpus up the Line
An ugly incident occurs at a military review as President Abraham Lincoln continues his visit with the Federal armies besieging Richmond and Petersburg.
The Battle of Fort Stedman
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.