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In May 1864 after assuming command of the Union Army, General Grant launched his offensive against Confederate General Robert E. Lee, marching towards Richmond, Virginia. By May 5 most of Grant's army had crossed the Rapidan River, where for three days they engaged the Confederate forces in the opening battles of the "Wilderness Campaign". On the second day of that battle the fierce enemy resistance forced the Union soldiers to fall back in a panic, but Colonel Benjamin Tracy seized the colors of his own regiment and carried them forward, reformed the line, and then held it. |
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Mr. Tracy was a member of the New York State Assembly prior to the Civil War (1861). After the war, from 1881-83, he served as judge of the New York Court of Appeals, then as US Secretary of the Navy from 1889-1893. |
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