Union Forces Commanded by: Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Maj. Gen. George G. Meade
Confederate Forces Commanded by: Gen. Robert E. Lee
**Missing and Captured Conclusion: Inconclusive Victory |
BATTLE SUMMARY
After the fighting at Spotsylvania Court House, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant continued his Overland Offensive against Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. 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.