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- 1864 – Civil War: Fist day of the Battle of the Wilderness (May 5-6); part of Union General Ulysses S. Grant’s 1864 Overland Campaign against the Confederate army of Northern Virginia that ultimately, after many weeks, forced General Robert E. Lee’s men back to the defenses at [[[Richmond]]]. This vicious engagement resulted in 26,000 casualties and marked Grant's first step toward Appomattox.