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Tag Archives: Wiliam Mahone
“General Grant had us completely in a trap…” Farmville and High Bridge, April 7, 1865
On the afternoon of April 7, Lt. Gen. US Grant entered the town of Farmville. As one private put it “stores were shut up, houses closed, frightened women peeped through dilapidated doorways and sullen men lolled about the porches.” The Federals … Continue reading
A Shift in Strategy: Battle of Globe Tavern
Since June 15, 1864 the Union army under Major General George Meade and Lieutenant General Ulysses Grant hammered the Confederate defenses around Petersburg. From limited success along the eastern front June 15-18, then a thwarted attack on the Confederate supply … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns
Tagged 10th Corps, Charles Field, Deep Bottom, Dimmock Line, George G. Meade, Globe Tavern, Gouverneur K. Warren, James River, New Market Road, Petersburg, Robert E. Lee, Rooney Lee, Siege of Petersburg, Ulysses S. Grant, Weldon Rail Road, Wiliam Mahone, Winfield Scott Hancock
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