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6 days ago · The Battle of the Wilderness was fought on May 5–7, 1864, during the American Civil War. It was the first battle of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign against General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
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May 14, 2024 · In May 1864, the Army of the Potomac smashed into Confederate forces in Virginia, leading to two desperate battles – the Battle of the Wilderness and the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. Painting showing carnage at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House in May 1864 – Library of Congress.
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1 day ago · MAY 28th.—Showers and sunshine. Grant has crossed the Pamunky, and Lee is at the Yellow Tavern—not more than six miles from the city. The hostile armies are only a few miles apart, and the GREAT BATTLE may occur at any time, at any hour; and we shall hear both the artillery and musketry from my
Possible date explanation and connection to the presence of Civil War Soldiers from season 1 could be the Wilderness Battle in May of 1864 during the civil war. I’m far from an expert but the just if it was there was a battle between Grant and Lee’s army in a wooded area near Spotsylvania and Orange Counties, VA.
3 days ago · The Battle of Cold Harbor, fought from May 31 to June 12, 1864, was a pivotal engagement in the American Civil War. As part of Ulysses S. Grant‘s Overland Campaign, the Union Army sought to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.
2 days ago · On a hot June day in 1876, the tranquil valley of the Little Bighorn River in southern Montana erupted in a chaotic whirlwind of dust, smoke and bloodshed. By the day‘s end, Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and five companies of the U.S. Army‘s 7th Cavalry lay dead, cut down in battle against a coalition of Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne ...
May 16, 2024 · Sand Creek Massacre, (November 29, 1864), controversial surprise attack upon a camp of Cheyenne and Arapaho people in southeastern Colorado Territory by a force of about 675 U.S. troops, mostly Colorado volunteers, under Col. John M. Chivington. The camp contained approximately 750 Cheyenne and Arapaho individuals.
