March 23, 1865 – Confederate General-in-Chief Robert E. Lee approved a desperate plan for his Army of Northern Virginia to break the Federal siege line
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From Luther Rice Mills, 26th Virginia
Letter from 2nd Lieutenant Luther Rice Mills of the 26th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Trenches Near Crater March 2nd, 1865 BROTHER JOHN: Something is about to
Lee Becomes General-in-Chief
February 11, 1865 – Robert E. Lee issued his first order as the new general-in-chief of the Confederacy. As the Battle of Hatcher’s Run took
The Battle of Hatcher’s Run Ends
February 7, 1865 – The fighting in the southwestern sector of the Petersburg lines ended inconclusively, which by this time meant Federal victory because the
The Battle of Hatcher’s Run
February 5, 1865 – Fighting erupted over Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant’s effort to extend his Federal siege line around Petersburg, Virginia. After the Federal
Battles at Fair Oaks and Hatcher’s Run
October 27, 1864 – Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant’s Federal forces moved to assault both ends of the Confederate siege line stretching from Richmond to