Battle of Mine Run
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The Battle of Mine Run, also known as Payne's Farm, or New Hope Church, or the Mine Run campaign, was conducted in Orange County, Virginia, in the American Civil War.
Artillery bombardment with Warren's troops awaiting attack (from Harper's Weekly)
Troops crossing at Germanna Ford during the Mine Run campaign (from Harper's Weekly)
Scene at Germanna Ford - VI Corps returning from Mine Run, by Alfred Waud
Robert E. Lee
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Robert Edward Lee was a Confederate general whose early actions in the American Civil War led to his appointment as the overall commander of the Confederate States Army near the end of the war. He led
Battle of Mine Run
…by false starts and low casualties and ended hostilities in the Eastern Theater for the year. After the Battle of Gettysburg in July, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and his command retreated back across the Potomac River into Virginia. Union commander Maj. Gen. George G. Meade was widely criticized for failing to…
Lee in 1864
Stratford Hall in Westmoreland County, Virginia, Lee's birthplace
Lee Corner on Oronoco Street in Alexandria, Virginia, a property owned by Lee
Lee at age 31 in 1838, as a Lieutenant of Engineers in the U.S. Army