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1864: The North Tightens Its Grip
- Grant takes control
- The North launches twin offensives
- Battle of the Wilderness
- The Battle of Spotsylvania
- Two wounded armies
- The Battle of Cold Harbor
- Grant targets Petersburg
- Northern disillusionment with Grant's campaign
- Sherman chases Johnston
- Hood assumes command in the West
- Democrats nominate McClellan for president
- Farragut captures Mobile Bay
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