Event
Introduction to the Overland Campaign
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Fee:
Free.Location: LAT/LONG: 38.000000, -78.000000
Meet for the program at the Ranger station outside Ellwood Manor (36380 Constitution Highway, Orange, VA 22960)
Repeating Event
Days:
Every day
Dates:
June 04, 2022 to August 13, 2022
Time:
10:00 AM, 2:00 PM
Duration:
15 minutes
Type of Event
Talk
Description
In the spring of 1864, General Ulysses S. Grant, in command of all the US Armies but travelling with the Army of the Potomac, marched his army south. His target was Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. The fights that followed became known as the Overland Campaign. Join park staff outside Ellwood Manor for a brief introduction to the Battle of the Wilderness and the Overland Campaign.