Overland Campaign

The Overland Campaign, also known as Grant's Overland Campaign and the Wilderness Campaign, was a series of battles fought in Virginia during May and June 1864, towards the end of the American Civil War. Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, general-in-chief of all Union armies, directed the actions of the Army of the Potomac, commanded by Maj. Gen. George G. Meade, and other forces against Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Although Grant suffered severe losses during the campaign, it was a strategic Union victory. It inflicted proportionately higher losses on Lee's army and maneuvered it into a siege at Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia, in just over eight weeks.

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1864  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Grant's Overland Campaign; Wilderness Campaign
military campaign, war, 

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1864 Battle of Lynchburg

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1865 Appomattox Campaign

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1865 Battle of Appomattox Station

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1865 Battle of Appomattox Court House

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Battle of Morton's Ford

Cavalry guarding the Orange & Alexandria R.R., 1864 LCCN2012649959

Schonberg's Virginia campaign map, 1864. LOC 99448876

Grant's Great Campaign-Last fight of the Pennsylvania Reserves LCCN2004660476

The war in Louisiana-Commodore Porter's fleet before Alexandria, March 26 - from a sketch by our special artist, C.E.H. Bonwill. - The war in Louisiana-Battle of Crump's Hill, April 2, LCCN95511280

The war in Louisiana--Battle of Crump's Hill, April 2, between Gen. Lee's cavalry and the rebels, C.E.H. Bonwill, FL 1864 LCCN95511280 (cropped)

Union troops crossing the Rapidan

The soldier in our Civil War - a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, (14782908893)

America, from discovery in 1942 to the present time (1894) (14578161388)

The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14762877275)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict		Bristoe Campaign	military campaign	Wikidata
event	armed conflict		Manassas Campaign	military campaign	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1800	Gabriel's Rebellion	slave rebellion	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1864	Battle of Lynchburg	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1865	Appomattox Campaign	United States, Confederate States of America, military campaign	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1865	Battle of Appomattox Station	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1865	Battle of Appomattox Court House	battle	Wikidata
event	war	1864	Overland Campaign	war, military campaign	Wikidata
commons	image		Battle of Morton's Ford		Commons
commons	image		Cavalry guarding the Orange & Alexandria R.R., 1864 LCCN2012649959		Commons
commons	image		Schonberg's Virginia campaign map, 1864. LOC 99448876		Commons
commons	image		Grant's Great Campaign-Last fight of the Pennsylvania Reserves LCCN2004660476		Commons
commons	image		The war in Louisiana-Commodore Porter's fleet before Alexandria, March 26 - from a sketch by our special artist, C.E.H. Bonwill. - The war in Louisiana-Battle of Crump's Hill, April 2, LCCN95511280		Commons
commons	image		The war in Louisiana--Battle of Crump's Hill, April 2, between Gen. Lee's cavalry and the rebels, C.E.H. Bonwill, FL 1864 LCCN95511280 (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		Union troops crossing the Rapidan		Commons
commons	image		The soldier in our Civil War - a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, (14782908893)		Commons
commons	image		America, from discovery in 1942 to the present time (1894) (14578161388)		Commons
commons	image		The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14762877275)		Commons