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Overland Campaign

The Overland Campaign, also known as Grant's Overland Campaign, the Virginia Campaign, and the Wilderness Campaign, was a series of battles fought in Virginia during May and June 1864, towards the end of the American Civil War. Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, general-in-chief of all Union armies, directed the actions of the Army of the Potomac, commanded by Maj. Gen. George G.

Overland Campaign
Overland Campaign · Original uploader was Hlj at en.wikipedia ( Original text: Montage by Hal Jespersen ), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
4 May 1864 – 24 Jun 1864
Where
Virginia
Era
Modern

Topics

United States1585 – today

Before and after

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