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Battle of Totopotomoy Creek, and much more...
Battle of Totopotomoy Creek, and much more...
Item # 721847
May 31, 1864
NEW YORK TRIBUNE, May 31, 1864
* Battle of Totopotomoy Creek
* U.S. Grant vs. R.E. Lee
* Battle of Dallas, Georgia
* William T. Sherman
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Among the front page one column heads on the Civil War are: "THE GREAT CONTEST" "Latest Advices From Grant", "Severe Battle With the Enemy on Saturday", "Still Later From Sherman", "A Battle In Georgia", "The Rebels Defeated" and more.
Eight pages, nice condition.
AI notes: The Battle of Totopotomoy Creek was a sharp but often overlooked engagement of the Overland Campaign, fought between May 28–31, 1864, in Hanover County, Virginia, as Ulysses S. Grant continued his relentless push toward Richmond. Following the brutal stalemate at Cold Harbor’s doorstep, Union forces under Grant and George G. Meade probed Confederate defenses along Totopotomoy Creek, where Robert E. Lee had entrenched his Army of Northern Virginia on strong, wooded ground. Repeated Union reconnaissance-in-force attacks—most notably by Winfield S. Hancock’s II Corps and Gouverneur K. Warren’s V Corps—ran into fierce resistance, including well-coordinated counterattacks by Confederate troops under Jubal Early and Richard Ewell. Though casualties were relatively modest compared to earlier Overland battles, the fighting confirmed the strength of Lee’s position and convinced Grant to abandon further frontal assaults in favor of shifting south and east, setting the stage directly for the bloody confrontation at Cold Harbor.
AI notes: The Battle of Totopotomoy Creek was a sharp but often overlooked engagement of the Overland Campaign, fought between May 28–31, 1864, in Hanover County, Virginia, as Ulysses S. Grant continued his relentless push toward Richmond. Following the brutal stalemate at Cold Harbor’s doorstep, Union forces under Grant and George G. Meade probed Confederate defenses along Totopotomoy Creek, where Robert E. Lee had entrenched his Army of Northern Virginia on strong, wooded ground. Repeated Union reconnaissance-in-force attacks—most notably by Winfield S. Hancock’s II Corps and Gouverneur K. Warren’s V Corps—ran into fierce resistance, including well-coordinated counterattacks by Confederate troops under Jubal Early and Richard Ewell. Though casualties were relatively modest compared to earlier Overland battles, the fighting confirmed the strength of Lee’s position and convinced Grant to abandon further frontal assaults in favor of shifting south and east, setting the stage directly for the bloody confrontation at Cold Harbor.
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