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may 1, 1864 - War of Attrition

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| WHAT: |month long push by Grant where he continued attacking confeds without stopping | EFFECT: | at end, 60,000/ 115,000 union dead and 30,000 / 60,000 confeds dead | didn't even lead to victory | Grant = "butcher of men"

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Date:

may 1, 1864
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~ 162 years ago