May 15, 1864 – Opposing armies assembled at Drewry’s Bluff, about five miles from Richmond on the James River, and both commanders planned to attack.
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Spotsylvania: Terrible Fighting at the Mule Shoe
May 12, 1864 – Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant ordered a massive Federal assault on a salient in the line of General Robert E. Lee’s
North Carolina: Confederates Reclaim Plymouth
April 20, 1864 – Confederate army and navy forces regained a town that enabled them to open the vital Roanoke River to commerce on the
North Carolina: Confederates Target Plymouth
April 19, 1864 – Confederates prepared to attack an important Federal post on the North Carolina coast, with help from a new ironclad. By this
North Carolina: Confederate Deserters Executed
February 15, 1864 – Thirteen men who deserted the North Carolina militia to join the Federal army were executed by Confederate officials, even though they
Pickett’s New Bern Campaign
February 2, 1864 – Confederates captured one of the largest Federal ships on the North Carolina coast, but their main mission was more difficult to