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U.S. Civil War History
U.S. Civil War History
1862 - The Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks) took place when General Joseph E. Johnston's Army attacked George McClellan's troops in front of Richmond. Johnston was badly wounded. Robert E. Lee assumed command of the Army of Northern Virginia.
1864 - Union General Ulysses S. Grant continued to move his lines toward Cold Harbor.
| "Sending armies to McClellan is like shoveling fleas across a barnyard. Not half of them get there." - Abraham Lincoln |
