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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
May 04 -16] actions at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia. 
May 04 General Grant's Army at Potomac attacks at Rappahannock
May 04 In this year, Ulysses S Grant crosses Rapidan and starts his duel with Robert E Lee.
May 05 Alexander Hays, US Union-general-major, dies in battle at 44.
May 05 Atlanta Campaign-5 days fighting begins at Rocky Face Ridge.
May 05 Atlanta Campaign: 5 days fighting begins at Rocky Face Ridge
May 05 Battle between Confederate and Union ships at mouth of Roanoke
May 05 Battle of Wilderness VA (Germanna Ford, Wilderness Tavern)
May 06 Battle of Port Walthall Junction VA.
May 06 Battle of Port Walthall Junction, VA.
May 06 General Sherman begins advance to Atlanta GA
May 06 Henry Livermore Abbott, US Union brig-general, dies in battle.
May 07 Battle of Wilderness ends (total losses USA-17666; CSA-7500).
May 07 Battle of Wilderness ends (total losses: USA-17666; CSA-7500).
May 07 Skirmish at Port Walthall Junction VA (Drewry's Bluff)
May 08 Actions at Stony Creek/Nottoway Bridge VA (Drewry's Bluff)
May 08 Actions at Stony Creek/Nottoway bridge Virginia (Drewry's Bluff)
May 08 Atlanta Campaign Severe fighting near Dalton.
May 08 Atlanta Campaign: Severe fighting near Dalton
May 08 Battle of Antietam VA (Spotslyvania Court House, Laurel Hill)
May 08 James Samuel Wadsworth, gen-mjr (Union), dies in battle at 56.
May 09 "Uncle" John Sedgwick, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 50.
May 09 -20] Skirmish at Ware Bottom Church, Virginia
May 09 Battle of Cloyd's Mount and Swift Creek VA (Drewery's Bluff, Fort Darling).
May 09 Ship battle at Helgoland, Austria-Denmark.
May 09 Skirmish at Ware Bottom Church VA
May 10 Battles at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia.
May 10 James Clay Rice, lawyer/Union brig-general, dies in battle at 34
May 10 Skirmish at Ny River VA
May 11 Battle of Yellow Tavern, VA (Sheridan's Raid, South Anna Bridge)
May 11 General J E B Stuart is mortally wounded in Battle of Yellow Tavern VA (Sheridan's Raid, South Anna Bridge)
May 12 Abner Monroe Perrin, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 37
May 12 Battle of Drewry's Bluff, VA (Ft Darling)
May 12 Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia
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