ABSTRACT
Throughout the winter of 1864 Grant continued to probe Lee’s exposed right flank. On December 9 he ordered a reconnaissance there toward Hatcher’s Run that lasted two days. Reinforcements for Lee’s army arrived in late December from the survivors of Early’s army in the Valley, but they were matched by Union reinforcements from the same area. Generally, however, cold and bad winter weather kept both armies in their trenches at the front and the bombproof shelters in the rear.
