A unique and compelling examination of the Civil War s turning
point forty crucial days in the spring of 1864 that turned the tide
for the Union
In the spring of 1864, Robert E. Lee faced a new adversary:
Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant. Named commander of all Union
armies in March, Grant quickly went on the offensive against Lee in
Virginia. On May 4 Grant s army struck hard across the Rapidan
River into north central Virginia, with Lee s army contesting every
mile. They fought for forty days until, finally, the Union army
crossed the James River and began the siege of Petersburg.
The campaign cost ninety thousand men the largest loss the war
had seen. While Grant lost nearly twice as many men as Lee did, he
could replace them. Lee could not and would never again mount
another major offensive. Lee s surrender at Appomattox less than a
year later was the denouement of the drama begun in those crucial
forty days.
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