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Grant’s Overland Campaign was a series of battles fought in Virginia during May and June 1864.
Important battles of the Overland Campaign included the Battle of the Wilderness, the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, the Battle of North Anna, and the Battle of Cold Harbor; the campaign ended with the siege of Petersburg.
The Overland Campaign was the thrust necessary for the Union to win the war, and although Grant suffered a number of tactical defeats (most notably Cold Harbor), the campaign was a strategic success for the Union.
The two main issues that divided republicans during the early reconstruction era were 1) how badly (or if at all) the South should be "punished" for the Civil War, and 2) what rights should be extended to the newly freed slaves.
