Intelligence.04: Officer and a Gentleman
Learn how Union Army officers and how they were selected for leadership positions within Grant's Army of the Potomac.
Tag: 1864
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Intelligence.03: Rifleman First
Learn how military jobs, specialties, and occupations that you would most likely have after enlisting in the Union Army.
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Intelligence.02: An American Army
Learn about the background of those that joined the Union Army -- either by volunteering or draft conscription -- and how they found themselves serving in Grant's Army of the Potomac in 1864.
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Intelligence.01: Terms of Service
Learn how Americans, immigrants, and foreign nationals become soldiers in the Union Army of the Potomac in 1864.
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· overlandOverland 03: Center of the Storm
The promotion of Ulysses S. Grant to Commander of the US Army as a Lieutenant General -- a rank only held in wartime by George Washington -- is the shake-up Lincoln hopes will end the war.
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· overlandOverland 02: Turning Point
The stage for the Overland Campaign opens with an understanding of the stakes President Abraham Lincoln is facing going into 1864 -- both election year and the fourth year of the Civil War.