Ulysses S. Grant continues preparing to mount his spring offensive, unaware that Robert E. Lee is preparing to attack first.
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The Lincolns Visit City Point
The Lincoln family braves a storm as they steam down the Virginia coast and arrive at the headquarters of Ulysses S. Grant to visit the Federal officers and troops laying siege to Petersburg and Richmond.
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.
Grant’s Spring Offensive Takes Shape
Ulysses S. Grant continues preparing to launch the spring offensive, which involves movement in all major theaters of operations in a final push to end the war.
Lee Proposes a Military Convention
Robert E. Lee proposes to meet with Ulysses S. Grant to discuss the possibility of “a satisfactory adjustment of the present unhappy difficulties by means of a military convention…”
Sheridan’s Valley Raid
Ulysses S. Grant plans a coordinated offensive against all major Confederate targets. Part of this consists of Philip Sheridan’s Federals doing one more sweep through the devastated Shenandoah Valley.