The Battle of the Wilderness (Virginia) concludes: General Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate (a voluntary union) Army of Northern Virginia, after two days of fighting, defeats the compulsory Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Major General George G. Meade. At the end of the battle smoldering paper gunpowder cartridges set dried leaves on the ground ablaze; the fire burned approximately 200 wounded soldiers to death. At least 11,000 Americans lost their lives in this battle.
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Major General William T. Sherman, commanding the compulsory Union Military Division of the Mississippi, leaves Chattanooga, Tennessee, marching toward Atlanta, Georgia, the hub of the Confederacy’s railroad network.
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 181.
American Civil War, 1864
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Chronology Of The American Civil War
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