<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" id="mwkg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_of_the_Potomac" id="mwkw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Army of the Potomac">Army of the Potomac</a>, under General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant" id="mwlA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ulysses S. Grant">Ulysses S. Grant</a>, breaks off from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Wilderness" id="mwlQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of the Wilderness">Battle of the Wilderness</a> and moves southwards.