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still ... the generals in the east: George B. McClellan had been driven back from 
the gates of ... The Vicksburg Campaign was also an example of what made 
Grant an .... capital and the city of Petersburg, the main Confederate supply base 
for the... [DOC] [TLE] Battle of the Crater - Wikipedia [PAR] The Battle of the Crater was a battle of the American Civil War, part of the Siege 
of Petersburg. It took place on July 30, 1864, between the Confederate Army of 
Northern Virginia, commanded by General ... Ulysses S. Grant). ... During the 
Civil War, Petersburg, Virginia, was an important railhead, where four railroad 
lines from... [DOC] [TLE] Siege of Petersburg - Wikipedia [PAR] The RichmondPetersburg Campaign was a series of battles around Petersburg, 
Virginia, fought from June 9, 1864, to March 25, 1865, during the American Civil 
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of ... (built in 1763) in what was then City Point, but is now Hopewell, Virginia. [DOC] [TLE] Eastern Theater of the American Civil War - Wikipedia [PAR] The Eastern Theater of the American Civil War consists of the major military and 
naval ... While Meade gained a decisive victory over Lee at the Battle of 
Gettysburg in ... general-in-chief Ulysses S. Grant arrived from the Western 
Theater in 1864 to ... The Western Virginia Campaign of 1861 secured Union 
control over the... [DOC] [TLE] Overland Campaign - Wikipedia [PAR] The Overland Campaign, also known as Grant's Overland Campaign and the 
Wilderness Campaign, was a series of battles fought in Virginia during May and 
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of all Union armies, directed the actions of ... Unlike his predecessors in the 
Eastern Theater, however, Grant did not... [DOC] [TLE] Ulysses S. Grant and the American Civil War - Wikipedia [PAR] Ulysses S. Grant, was the most acclaimed Union general during the American 
Civil War and ... Grant has recently been praised by historians for his "military 
genius", and ... Although approximately 3,000 Confederates escaped east before 
the .... of what would be known as the Freedmens Bureau during Reconstruction. [DOC] [TLE] Civil War Timeline - Gettysburg National Military Park (U.S. National ... [PAR] A time line of important events during the American Civil War. ... Philippi in 
western Virginia, is the first clash of Union and Confederate forces in the east. ... It 
was here that Union General Ulysses S. Grant gained his nickname ... Meanwhile
, the Union assault on Vicksburg, Mississippi has become a siege of the city 
where... [DOC] [TLE] Petersburg - Civil War Trust [PAR] Ulysses S. Grant (Library of Congress) ... force known as the Army of Northern 
Virginia, being commanded by General Robert E. Lee. Until now, the main target 
of the Union Army has been Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy. ... his 
mention on destroying the rail lines from Richmond's main supply base  
Petersburg. [DOC] [TLE] Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant - Abraham Lincoln's Classroom [PAR] General Ulysses S. Grant came to the attention of President Lincoln and the ... 
Like Mr. Lincoln, Grant was concentrated on defeating the Confederate army in 
Virginia, .... When the Civil War began, Grant had been a store clerk in Galena, 
Illinois. .... Grant east to take command of all the armies and to direct the total war
... [DOC] [TLE] Ulysses S. Grant - Civil War Trust [PAR] Civil War Trust's biography of Union Civil War General-in-Chief Ulysses S. Grant. 
... Vicksburg with a view toward permanently closing the Confederate supply 
base. ... of Vicksburg's defenses, the Union army was forced to lay siege to the 
city. ... Though Grant's forces had been depleted by more than half during the last 
year... [DOC] [TLE] Grant's Greatest Battles . U.S. Grant: Warrior . WGBH American ... [PAR]

Question: Ulysses Grant had a base during the Civil War in what's now this eastern Virginia city
Answer: Hopewell