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Warfare Fifty Years Ago Sheridan and Lee Clash in Virginia
The narrative recalls May 1864 near Spottsylvania Court House where Grant forces under Hancock and Sheridan engage Lee’s line. It details Stuart’s cavalry maneuver toward Richmond, the assault on the salient at the angle, the Confederate defenses, and the heavy fighting including Stuart's death and the capture of Kemp Johnson’s trenches.
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George L. Kilmer
U.S
Grant
Spottsylvania Court House
R. E. Lee
Richmond
P. H. Sheridan
Lee
Sheridan
D. McM. Gregg
James H. Wilson
A. T. A. Torbert
Gregg
Torbert
Wilson
Hancock
Ewell
Gordon
Barlow
J. E. B. Stuart
Yellow Tavern
Stuart
Virginia
Frank L. Barlow
D. B. Birney
Gershom Mott
John Gibbon
Edward Johnson
Johnson
the Angle
J. B. Hood
Howard
Sherman
Hooker
Johnston
Resaca
Hood
Thomas W. Sweeny
Sweeny
Oostenaula
Lay’s Ferry
Kilpatrick
Dalton
Questenaula
Calhoun