On June 1, 1864, Union cavalry fighters drove back one attack by Confederate forces, who were being reinforced by more troops arriving from Richmond, Va., seat of the Confederacy. Union attempts to attack the Southern forces met with heavy casualties on the federal side.
The fighting raged for days along a front stretching for miles to the Chickahominy River in Virginia. By mid- June of that year, with both sides bloodied and wearied, Grant began moves to relocate his forces in an area threatening Petersburg, Va., below Richmond.
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