Conflict: American Civil War
Combatants: Confederates vs. Federals
Location: Virginia (USA)
Outcome: Inconclusive
Seeking to meet and destroy Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, Federal General Ulysses Grant confronted the Confederate army in a series of engagements from May 8th to May 18th, 1864. On May 10th, a Federal assault on the Confederate center failed and was followed by a second assault under Colonel Emory Upton, initially successful, but turned back when support troops did not advance as planned.
Point of Interest:
Over the ten days of fighting, the Union suffered about 17,000 casualties; the Confederates approximately 10,000.
Grant would later be elected as President of the United States; Lee would serve as President of Washington College (Washington and Lee College).
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