The Battle of the Boydton Plank Road, October 27-28, 1864: Chapter I - General Meade Plans an Offensive
National Park Service. The Battle of the Boydton Plank Road, October 27-28, 1864: Chapter I - General Meade Plans an Offensive
The leader of the Army of the Potomac, Major General George G. Meade on October 23, 1864, had visited Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant's City Point, Virginia, headquarters. While there, Meade had proposed that he employ three of his four corps to turn the Army of Northern Virginia's right beyond Hatcher Run and drive for the South Side Railroad. Grand told Meade that he would have to give additional thought to the subject. Meade then returned to his headquarters. On the 24th Meade was handed to telegram from Grant, marked confidential.