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Mine Run Campaign

When
November 26 or 27 – December 2, 1863
Where
Named locality within Orange County, Virginia; exact occurrence site not specified in sources
Part of
Mine Run campaign

Meade's failed attempt to destroy Lee's army in late 1863, ending in withdrawal across the Rapidan River.

Conducted in Orange County, Virginia, the campaign was Meade's last attempt to destroy Lee's army before winter. A council of war decided to withdraw across the Rapidan River on December 1, 1863, marking the end of the operation without a decisive breakthrough. Sources differ on the start date: a book title records November 26, while another passage dates the campaign November 27 – December 2, 1863.

Sources

  1. Battle of Mine Run Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-14
  2. George Meade Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-02

Machine-drafted from the cited Wikipedia passages and checked by a reviewing model, not by a human editor. Every passage cites the revision it was written from; dates and places follow those passages.