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The Petersburg Campaign
The Siege of Petersburg began on June 12th, 1864 and ended on April 3rd 1865, lasting a total of 292 days. To put the siege into perspective, I have included brief summaries of the Overland Campaign, the Shenandoah Campaign, and the Appomattox Campaign.
The struggle for Petersburg ha ....
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.... and attending a few of the required festivities, Grant left for Tennessee to confer with General Sherman about the the course of the war. The basic summation was that Sherman was to go after Joe Johnston while Grant went after Lee. His plan called for a speedy termination of the war, guided by two principles of action: 1) "to use the greatest number of troops practicable," and 2) "to hammer continuously at the armed forces of the enemy and his resources, until by mere attrition, if in no other way, there should be nothing left to him but an equal submission with the loyal section of our ....
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