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150 Years Ago Today at Petersburg: March 26, 1865

March 26, 1865

Maj. Gen. Philip Henry Sheridan’s US Cavalry command crosses the James River, VA, to combine forces with Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA. As Grant laid low and continued to apply pressure on the Army of Northern Virginia, he allowed the other Union armies to one by one dissect the bowels of the Confederacy. Now, with only Lee’s army remaining as an obstacle, Grant will plunge into the heart of the Confederacy.

Note: All “Today In The Petersburg Campaign” blog entries are used with permission from Ronald A. Mosocco’s Chronological Tracking of the American Civil War per the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion. Order the book HERE.

Copyright © 1993, 1994 by Ronald A. Mosocco

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