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he surrendered to grant
Both of these battles were Union or Northern victories and Major General Ulysses S. Grant was the US commanding general at both of them.
Appomattox At Five Forks, on Apr. 1, 1865, where Sheridan succeeded in shuttering the Pickett's Tactical Group, capturing more than 4,000 prisoners and then interrupting the railroad Richmond-Danville, what allowed the Federals to provoke the collapse of Petersburg's front and the seize of Richmond in the morning of Apr. 3.
Many famous people fought for the North during the Civil War. Some were Generals Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman, George B. McClellan, and six later US Presidents- Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Harrison and McKInley
The Civil War ended shortly after Richmond fell in April 1865. General Lee surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox Court House and General Johnston surrendered to General Sherman. After Richmond fell, John Wilkes Booth decided to kill President Abraham Lincoln, because he wanted to strike back in the only way he could.
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Coldharbour
The Wilderness
Coldharbour.
Battle of Antietam
Battle of the Wilderness in Northern Va.
grant major goal at richmond were to win at richmond.
The duration of Miss Grant Takes Richmond is 1.45 hours.
Grant decided to disengage and continue his overland campaign towards Richmond. However, each of the successive battles that Grant met on this advance resulted in huge casualties earning Grant the nickname 'Butcher Grant'.
Fort Henry. Fort Donelson. Shiloh. Vicksburg. Chattanooga. The Wilderness. Coldharbour. Petersburg.
Miss Grant Takes Richmond was created on 1949-09-20.
From March 64, when Grant was appointed General-in-Chief, there were only two campaigns, launched at the same time. Sherman was to destroy the Army of Tennessee, located near Chattanooga, and Grant was to destroy the Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by Lee. Sherman's battles were Kennesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Franklin, Nashville, Bentonville. Grant's battles were The Wilderness, Coldharbour, Petersburg.