The Confederates are driven back at the…

March 1865 CE

The Confederates are driven back at the Battle of Fort Stedman on March 25, leaving Lee with fifty thousand troops opposed to Grant's one hundred and twenty thousand.

Lee's army has suffered heavy casualties during the battle —about twenty-nine hundred, including one thousand captured in the Union counterattack.

Confederate positions are weakened.

After this battle, Lee's defeat is only a matter of time.

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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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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 → Petersburg, Siege of View → Fort Stedman, Battle of View →

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