Grant takes personal command of the Army…

May 1864 CE

Grant takes personal command of the Army of the Potomac in the east and soon formulates a strategy of attrition based upon the Union's overwhelming superiority in numbers and supplies.

The Overland Campaign is Grant's 1864 offensive against Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.

With 101,895 soldiers, Grant begins a systematic drive in Virginia with 61,025 troops, fighting in the decisive Battle of the Wilderness on May 5-6.

2,246 of Grant's troops are killed, and 12,073 are wounded, totaling 14,319 casualties.

Exact loses on the Confederate side are uncertain, but casualties total 7,750 troops.

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Fredericksburg Fredericksburg Virginia United States View →

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

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Virginia, Commonwealth of (U.S.A.) View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Confederate States of America (C.S.A.) View →

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American Civil War (War between the States, War of the Rebellion, War of Secession, War for Southern Independence) View → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War View → American Civil War & Reconstruction; 1864 through 1875 View → Overland Campaign View → Wilderness, Battle of the View →

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