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The 13th regiment was recruited in the summer of 1862, in the counties of Washington, Chitchatte, Lamoille, and Franklin.

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The was enter south of the James River

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Army in Northern Virginia is staggered. Lee couldnt' recover

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80,000 wounded, killed, or missing all in just six weeks #fairtytalesdontalwayshaveahappyending

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Grant wrote " I always regretted the second attack" someone else said ( I think Lee) " it wasn't war, it was murder" #thetruthhurts

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Grant orders attack to be at dawn

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June 1 grant pivoted around Richmond

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Grant split his army into pieces. He went across the river searching for a opportunity to catch veterans in the open #Sneakysneaky

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General Sedrick was killed, he was a Union Leader

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The battles were two of the four bloodiest in the entire Civil War

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The war was fought almost daily for 6 weeks

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Grant wasn't retreating as the others had, he was pushing southwards instead. #hardwork

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@firstmarylandUS I don't think that is smart since he could've lost a lot, which could've affected everything in the end #thinkagain

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@BMSChamberlain it was over 70 square miles, that was poorly mapped out

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a.k.a Grant's Overland, was a series of battles fought in Virginia during May and June 1864, in the American Civil War

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@firstmarylandUS a part of it was that they blocked off there main source of pretty much everything

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2?: I think the Battle of Vicksburg made the amount of soldiers smaller in the Civil war

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A lot of the houses were not good to live in because they were very dirty and diseases were going around #nasty #cleanyourself

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2200 pounds of black powdered was let off by the confederates #bigbang

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32,000 advancing Union soldiers met 23,000 Confederates struggling for a crossroads between Vicksburg and Jackson #talkaboutstruggles

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The Battle of Champion Hill, fought May 16. Grant started the battle at 10:30 am. #earlybirdgetstheword