Confederates repel a Federal advance in the southwestern sector of the Petersburg siege lines, but the Federals will not be denied for long.
Tag: Ulysses S. Grant
Ready to Go Smashing Things
Robert E. Lee plans a Confederate assault, while Philip Sheridan pleads with the Federal high command to launch an attack of his own.
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.
The City Point Conference
President Abraham Lincoln meets with his top commanders to discuss plans for what they hope to be the last campaign of the war.