Grant has Lee pinned down by mid-June…

June 1864 CE

Grant has Lee pinned down by mid-June in fortifications before Petersburg, Virginia, an important rail center twenty-three miles below Richmond.

On June 15, Grant makes a vain assault on Petersburg with 63,797 troops.

Total Union casualties are 11,386 troops, numbering 1,688 killed, 8,513 wounded, and 1,185 missing.

Confederate losses are not known.

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Petersburg Petersburg Virginia United States View →

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Robert E. Lee View → Ulysses S. Grant View →

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