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of Tennessee, and Sheridan of the Valley of Virginia, while Grant still held the principal rebel force at Richmond.
At this crisis the possession of Cape Fear river opened another base for operations into the interior.
It enabled the general-in-chief to look forward to supporting Sherman's future movements, and presented an opportunity to complete the isolation of Lee.
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