Trivia 10-20-2020 Final Offensive

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The Attack on Fort Stedman, Petersburg, Virginia, on March 25, 1865


Several sources cite the simultaneously fought battles of Dinwiddie Courthouse and White Oak Road on March 31, 1865
 
According to this book, the Bristoe campaign, Oct. 1863 had been the last strategic offensive. From then on the Confederates were always in the defensive.
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From amazon:
Bristoe receives scant attention from historians, despite being an attempt by Lee, to seize the strategic initiative. Marking the decline in Confederate leadership, Lee’s inability to compensate, and the growing Union confidence and capability. The campaign outcome was significant; being the turning point of the war as Lee was now on the defensive and from now on, the Union forces held the initiative
 
Fort Stedman

Battle of Fort Stedman - Initial Phase
BATTLE MAP | American Battlefield Trust’s map of the Battle of Fort Stedman, Virginia on March 25, 1865 www.battlefields.org

Edit - The source provided here does not state that Fort Stedman is generally considered to have been Lee's final offensive. (The source provided by DBF in post # 9 does make that statement, but gives no supporting details.)

Since I can't tell how "general" the consensus is that Fort Stedman was the final offensive, I will accept, as I usually do, alternative answers supported by sources. These include McIlwaine's Hill (two days after Fort Stedman), Appomattox Courthouse (the Wikipedia article indicates that Lee did launch a last-ditch attack, which sounds like an offensive to me), and Bristoe Station (supported by sources from Eleanor Rose and FarawayFriend).

Sorry, but I can't agree that Lee never mounted an offensive action after Gettysburg.

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