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Fire and Sword at Columbia in Winter 1865 Battle
General Grant sent forces to disrupt Lee s bread line near Petersburg in February 1865. Union Warren Humphreys and Gregg attacked Dabney s Mills and Dabney s lines, holding through heavy fighting and rearguard actions as Mahone and Pegram counterattacked. The engagement extended to night with Crawford Ayres and Miles reinforcing. both sides suffered, and Grant s left flank held steady until Sheridan arrived in March.
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G. L. Kilmer
Grant
Lee
Petersburg
Virginia
Europe
Confederate Congress
South
Congress
Richmond
Boydton
Dinwiddie Court House
D. McAdam Gregg
G. K. Warren
Fifth Corps
Second Corps
A. A. Humphreys
Warren
Humphreys
A. P. Hill
John B. Gordon
Boydton Road
Smyth
Miles
Gregg
Pegram
Evans
Dabney's Mills
Crawford
Bragg
Ayres
Morrow
Baxter
Gettysburg
Robert E. Lee
Billy Mahone
Mahone
Vegram
Shenandoah Valley
Sheridan
War Department
Cole
Fitz Lee
Lomax
W. F. Lee
Dabney’s Mill
George L. Kilmer