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Lincoln appointed grant as commander of the union
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there were 102,000 union soldiers and 61,000 confederate soldiers. the confederate was ran by Robert E. Lee and the union was ran by Ulysses S Grant.
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advantages- there were more union soldiers,
disadvantages- less confederate soldiers -
the battle began on the morning of may 5th
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on the morning of may 6th the unions 2nd corp attacked on plank road
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on the third day it had pretty much ended and the union suffered 18400 casulties and the about 11400 confederates died.