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Hancock’s ‘Well-Conducted Fizzle’

by HistoryNet Staff9/23/19964/25/2024

With Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia stubbornly
clinging to Petersburg,Ulysses S. Grant decided to cut its
vital rail lines. To perform the surgery, he selected one of
the North’s proven heroes—’Hancock the Superb.’

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The Lightning Brigade Saves the Day

by HistoryNet Staff9/23/19964/30/2024

Armed with their new, lethal seven-shot Spencer rifles, Wilder’s Lightning Brigade was all that stood between the Union Army and the looming disaster at Chickamauga Creek.

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Ewell Seizes the Day at Winchester

by HistoryNet Staff9/23/19964/25/2024

One month after Stonewall Jackson’s death at Chancellorsville, Robert E. Lee turned to Stonewall’s trusted lieutenant, Richard Ewell, to cover his invasion of the North. Was ‘Old Bald Head’ up to the challenge?

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Return To The Killing Ground

by Jeffry D. Wert9/23/19965/4/2024

Brash, bombastic John Pope tempted fate by returning to the old battleground at Manassas. He thought he had caught Robert E. Lee napping. He was wrong.

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Last-Ditch Rebel Stand at Petersburg

by Ronald E. Bullock9/23/19962/5/2024

After nearly 10 months of trench warfare, Confederate resistance at Petersburg, Va., suddenly collapsed. Desperate to save his army, Robert E. Lee called on his soldiers for one last miracle.

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Did ‘Baldy’ Ewell Lose Gettysburg?

by Samuel J. Martin9/23/19969/29/2016

After disobeying Robert E. Lee’s orders to avoid a general engagement at Gettysburg, Lt. Gen. Richard Ewell received an order to ‘press those people.’ His failure to do so created a controversy that survives to this day.

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