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New York 24th Cavalry, Company G (Union)

07/01/1864

Organized - New York 24th Cavalry, Company G - New York

15/06/1864

Battle - Second Petersburg - Petersburg, Virginia

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Second Petersburg

As the Overland Campaign concluded, the strategic goals of Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant shifted from the defeat of Robert E. Lee's army in the field to eliminating the supply and communication routes to the Confederate capital at Richmond. The city of Petersburg, 24 miles south of Richmond, was the junction point of five railroads that supplied the entire upper James River region. Grant knew Petersburg was the key to the capture of Richmond and that Lee would be forced to defend it. Marching south from Co…READ MORE

17/06/1865

Mustered Out - New York 24th Cavalry, Company G - New York

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