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Campaigns of the eastern theater of the American Civil War
Overland CampaignOn the 4th of May 1864, Union forces crossed the Rapidan River to begin a new phase of the American Civil War. Lt. Gen. Ulysses S.
Valley campaigns of 1864In May 1864, Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant took command of all Union armies from his headquarters with the Army of the Potomac.
Union blockadeOn the 19th of April 1861, President Abraham Lincoln issued a Proclamation of Blockade against Southern ports. The document declared that an insurrection had…
Peninsula campaignOn the 17th of March 1862, an armada of ships departed Alexandria carrying 121,500 men and thousands of horses toward Fort Monroe.
Siege of PetersburgOn the night of the 12th of June 1864, Union Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant marched his Army of the Potomac to the James River.