Excerpt from A Memoir the Last Year of the War for Independence: In the Confederate States of America, Containing an Account of the Operations of His Commands in the Years 1864 and 1865 On the 3rd of May, 1864, the positions of the Confederate Army under General Lee, and the Federal Army under Lieu tenant-general Grant, in Virginia, were as follows: General Lee held the southern bank of the Rapidan River, in Orange county, with his right resting near the mouth of Mine Run, and his left extending to Liberty Mills on the road from Gordonsville (via Madison Court House) to the Shenandoah Valley While the crossings of the river on the right, and the roads on the left were watched by cavalry. Ewell's corps was on the right, Hill's on thexleft, and two divisions of Long street's corps were encamped in the rear, near Gordonsville. Grant's ai' my (composed of the Army of the Potomac under Meade, and the 9th corps under Burnside, ) occupied the north banks of the Rapidan and Robertson rivers; the main body being encamped in Culpeper county, and on the Rappahan nock River. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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