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What role did Confederate Major General John Gordon play in the final days of the US Civil War?
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Lieutenant General Robert E. Lee gave General Gordon the task of mounting an assault on Fort Stedman in March of 1865. Gordon's assault was aimed at severing part of the Union lines in and around Petersburg. Union reserves counterattacked and the Rebel efforts were in vain.
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