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Petersburg National BattlefieldIllustration of Union soldiers advancing on Ft. Stedman
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Petersburg National Battlefield
Hatcher's Run: The Last Day
 

February 7, 1865

Hatcher's Run - February 7, 1865

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




The Union troops struck back and in the fighting re-took their positions and drove the Confederate forces back inside their main defenses.

After dark the Union troops fell back across Hatcher's Run and started extending their lines once more.


 Aftermath

February 8, 1865

The Confederates had saved Boydton Plank Road but the Union had gained a good staging point for future offensives.

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President Lincoln and General Grant at the Wallace House  

Did You Know?
Union General-in-Chief Ulysses S. Grant and Army of the Potomac Commander George G. Meade met with Abraham Lincoln on April 3, 1865 at the Thomas Wallace house on Market Street in Petersburg. President Lincoln visited Petersburg again on April 7, 1865. (Petersburg National Battlefield)

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