. History of the Eighteenth New Hampshire Volunteers, 1864-5 . aryland. Defeated at Antietam in September, heretreated to Fredericksburg, and there, on the Rappahan-nock, sixty miles north of Richmond, he defeated Burnsidein December, 1862, and again at the same place and atChancellorsville he defeated Hooker in Maj^, 1863, andcaused both of these commanders to retire to the north sideof the river. In 1863 the Confederate Army, invadingMaryland and Pennsylvania in June, was defeated at Gettys-burg in July and compelled to retreat to Virginia. A seriesof maneuvers and minor battles followed, th

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. History of the Eighteenth New Hampshire Volunteers, 1864-5 . aryland. Defeated at Antietam in September, heretreated to Fredericksburg, and there, on the Rappahan-nock, sixty miles north of Richmond, he defeated Burnsidein December, 1862, and again at the same place and atChancellorsville he defeated Hooker in Maj^, 1863, andcaused both of these commanders to retire to the north sideof the river. In 1863 the Confederate Army, invadingMaryland and Pennsylvania in June, was defeated at Gettys-burg in July and compelled to retreat to Virginia. A seriesof maneuvers and minor battles followed, the result ofwhich established Meade on the Rapidan. Crossing theRapidan he attempted at first to divide and then to turnthe flank of Lees army, but his attempt was defeated inthe battle of Mine Rim-in November, and the Army of thePotomac again recrossed to the north bank of the May, 1864, Grant led the army across the Rapidan again,with the design of passing through the Wilderness and at-tacking Lees army, if possible, in the open country, where it.

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