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.
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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.
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.
Lee and Grant Prepare for Offense
Ulysses S. Grant continues preparing to mount his spring offensive, unaware that Robert E. Lee is preparing to attack first.
Now They Will Repent
Robert E. Lee faces dire circumstances as his Confederates are besieged at Petersburg. He approves a desperate plan for his army to break the Federal siege line east of Petersburg, thereby opening an escape route to the south.
Confederate Slave Recruitment
Confederate President Jefferson Davis signs a bill into law authorizing the recruitment of slaves into the Confederate armies.