✦ History

Part of American Civil War

Overland Campaign

May 4 – June 24, 1864 · Virginia

Ulysses S. Grant led the Union Army of the Potomac against Robert E. Lee's army in Virginia. Battles at the Wilderness, Spotsylvania and Cold Harbor caused very heavy losses and led to the siege of Petersburg.

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Union

Confederacy

United States
Confederate States of America
Ulysses S. Grant military commander George Meade military commander
Robert E. Lee military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
103,875–124,232
Casualties
54,926
Wounded
38,339
Strength
60,000–65,000
Casualties
c. 30,000–35,000
Killed
4,206–4,352
Missing
9,861–10,164

Units

Army of the James Army of the Potomac IX Corps (Union Army) X Corps (Union army) XVIII Corps (Union army) 6th Ohio Cavalry Regiment 1st U.S. Artillery, Battery E
Army of Northern Virginia First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia 11th Virginia Cavalry Regiment 12th Virginia Cavalry Regiment 1st Maryland Cavalry Battalion (Confederate) 1st Virginia Cavalry Regiment 2nd Virginia Cavalry Regiment 3rd Virginia Cavalry Regiment 44th North Carolina Infantry Regiment 4th North Carolina Infantry Regiment 4th Virginia Cavalry Regiment 5th Virginia Cavalry Regiment

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