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War Fifty Years Ago and Civil War Battles Near Cassville
A historical narrative recounts maneuvers around Adairsville Cassville and Kingston during May as Union forces led by McPherson Thomas and Hooker pursue Johnston. It details Smith’s and Ewell’s movements, entrenched positions at Cassville, Ox Ford, and the North Anna, and the failed assaults on the Bloody Angle with heavy losses. The account closes with strategic positions around Hanover Junction and the broader Grant Lee campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Kilmer
Adairsville
Johnston
Sherman
Resaca
Cassville
J. B. McPherson
Kingston
Atlanta
McPherson
Army of the Tennessee
George H. Thomas
Army of the Cumberland
J. M. Schofield
Army of the Ohio
Joseph Hooker
Schofield
O. O. Howard
Thomas
Hooker
Leonidas Polk
J. B. Hood
W. J. Hardee
Casville
Hardee
Polk
Hood
Dallas
Grant
Lee
Spottsylvania
Hancock
Warren
Ny River
Courthouse
Sixth Corps
North Anna
Army of the Potomac
Burnside
Ox Ford
Thomas L. Crittenden
Quarles Ford
Crittenden
Jericho Ford
Sheridan
Richmond
Pamunkey
Petersburg
Shenandoah Valley
Hanover Junction
Virginia Central
Fredericksburg
Gordonsville