When Griffin’s Division reached Jericho Ford on the North Anna River the afternoon of 23 May 1864, the troops found the crossing undefended so Griffin immediately ordered Sweitzer and Ayres to cross their brigades. Hill's divisions assaulted the V Corps which had crossed the river at Jericho Mill, resulting in bloody see-saw fighting. Taken from a soon to be published book. North Anna and Cold Harbor (May 21 - June 3, 1864) Battle Description: Brief description containing just the basics. Battle of the North Anna River, 23-26 May 1864, the third battle during U.S. Grant's 1864 Virginia campaign [North Anna River, Va. Federal troops occupying line of breastworks on the north bank] 1 negative (2 plates) : glass, stereograph, wet collodion. Between May 23 and 26, 1864, the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Major General George Meade, engaged the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by General Robert E. Lee, along the North Anna River in Caroline and Hanover Counties, Virginia. One of the real thrills for me was the opportunity to show viewers around the Fox House, “Ellington,” which sits along modern Route 1. The Blue Trail includes steep hills and uneven terrain making for a … On May 23, Union forces laid a pontoon bridge across that river at Jericho Mill, allowing infantry and artillery to cross in pursuit of the Southern army. Earlier this month, I had the privilege of joining the American Battlefield Trust for a series of Facebook LIVE events covering the 1864 Overland Campaign, including some time along the North Anna battlefield. | Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Grant's Wilderness Campaign, May-June 1864. Battle of North Anna, Jericho Mills, 23 May 1864. Below the North Anna, the Union army would face three formidable steams — Little River, New Found River, and the South Anna River — each running west to east and only a few miles apart. The Battle of North Anna was fought from May 23 to May 26, 1864, as part of Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign against Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.It was fought in central Virginia as series of small actions in a number of locales, rather than a general engagement between the armies. North Anna Battlefield Park encompasses 172 acres and over 6 miles of well-marked trails through oak-hickory forest. On May 23, 1864, one of A.P. After Grant's army escaped from the trap that Lee had set for it at the Battle of North Anna, it began to move again around the right flank of Lee's army, in a continuation of the maneuvering that had characterized the campaign throughout May 1864.It traveled southeast on the north bank of the Pamunkey River, hoping to find the appropriate place to break through Lee's lines. The Battle of North Anna was a key moment of the 1864 Overland Campaign, halfway between the slaughter at Spotsylvania Court House and the carnage of Cold Harbor. High-banked and swollen from recent rains, the rivers would afford the retreating Confederates ideal defensive positions. The Battle of North Anna seemed “a matter of brains between the generals, than brawn between the men,” recalled William Meade Dame of the Richmond Howitzers. The Battle of North Anna was a battle in Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign. He was brought up short on the North Anna River by Lee's widely studied "hog snout line," which forced Grant to divide his army into three parts in order to attack. The park offers two hiking trails, the Blue Trail (3.8 miles down-and-back) and the Gray Trail (2.04 miles down-and-back). "Opportunities Lost," The Battle of Cold Harbor: Detail description of the battle and the events leading up to it. 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