Strike Them a Blow: Battle along the North Anna River, May21-25, 1864 (Chris Mackowski - CHC) tea pot A retired professor from Hagerstown

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Strike Them a Blow: Battle along the North Anna River, May21-25, 1864 (Chris Mackowski - CHC) tea pot A retired professor from Hagerstownby Chris Mackowski Battle along the North Anna River, May 21 25, 1864. For sixteen days the armies had grappled? a grueling horror show of nonstop battle, march, and maneuver that stretched through May of 1864. Federal commander Ulysses S. Grant had resolved to destroy his Confederate adversaries through attrition if by no other means. He would just keep at them until he used them up. Meanwhile, Grants Confederate counterpart, Robert E. Lee, looked