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Why does saylers creek became known as the black thursday of the confederacy

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Union General Ulysses S. Grant's Union forces successfully cut off the retreat line and attacked the rear guard at Sailor's Creek. The result was a resounding Union victory, with wagons, artillery, 7,700 combatants, and eight Confederate generals captured.

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