North Anna, VA
Date(s):
May 23-26, 1864
Location:
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North Anna, Hanover, Virginia, United States
Campaign(s):
Grant’s Overland Campaign
[May-June 1864]
Battles in
Campaign:
Situation:
Commanders:
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Union:
Lt. Gen.
Ulysses S. Grant and Maj. Gen. George G. Meade
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Confederate:
Gen. Robert
E. Lee
Principal Forces:
Armies
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Union:
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Confederate:
Army of Northern Virginia
Description:
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After the
fighting at Spotsylvania Court House, Grant
continued his Overland Offensive against Lee’s
Army of Northern Virginia.
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He was brought
up short on the North Anna River by Lee’s
widely studied “hog snout line,” which forced
Grant to divide his army into three parts in order to attack.
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On May 23, 1864,
one of A.P. Hill’s divisions
assaulted the V Corps which had crossed the river at Jericho Mill,
resulting in bloody see-saw fighting.
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On the 24th,
Union infantry was repulsed at Ox Ford (the snout) but advanced to near
the Doswell House on the Confederate right.
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Lee hoped to strike an
offensive blow, but he was ill, and the opportunity for defeating an
isolated part of the Federal army passed.
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Once the threat
of Lee’s position was revealed,
Grant withdrew both wings of the army
back across the North Anna River.
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Grant outflanked the position by
moving downstream and continued his advance on Richmond.
Slide Presentation:
Classification1:
B
Casualties2:
4,000
Results:
Inconclusive
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Classification:
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A
- having a decisive influence on a
campaign and a direct impact on the course of the war
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B -
having a direct and decisive influence on their campaign
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C -
having observable influence on the
outcome of a campaign
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D
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having a limited influence on the
outcome of their campaign or operation but achieving or affecting important
local objectives
2 Casualties are
someone killed, injured, wounded, captured or missing.
Revised
04/04/2009 |
