William T. Sherman
“Put the Boys In”: Confederate Cadets at the Battle of New Market
By Pedro GarciaAs the Civil War continued in the spring of 1864, a Shenandoah Valley resident lamented, “Our prospects look gloomy, very gloomy.” Read more
William T. Sherman
General William T. Sherman was an officer of the Union Army during the American Civil War. William T. Sherman gained fame as a subordinate of General Ulysses S. Grant in the Western Theater and subsequently commanded the Army of the Tennessee and the Military Division of the Mississippi, effectively over all Union forces in the West. William T. Sherman led the Army of the Tennessee during the successful Atlanta Campaign and the decisive March to the Sea, turning toward the Carolinas and later accepting the surrender of General Joseph E. Johnston’s Army of Tennessee in 1865. William T. Sherman died in 1891 at the age of 71.
William T. Sherman
Sherman’s March to the Sea
By William StroockOn September 3, 1864, a triumphant Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman telegraphed Washington, “Atlanta is ours and fairly won.” Read more
William T. Sherman
The Grand Review of 1865
By William StroockRobert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, presaging the subsequent surrender of other Confederate forces in the West and the capture of Southern President Jefferson Davis a few weeks later, marked the triumphant end of the nation’s great sundering. Read more
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The Disastrous Red River Campaign
By Michael E. HaskewNathaniel Banks was a political creature, and with his country in the throes of civil war, he now held the politically obtained rank of major general in the Union Army. Read more
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Fort Fisher: Last Bastion of the Confederacy
By Pedro GarciaThe prospect of running the Federal blockade at Wilmington was easy in the beginning. North Carolina’s principal seaport was blockaded by a single warship, USS Daylight, and no one took the threat seriously. Read more
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Crossroads of Destiny: The Battle of the Wilderness
By Jonas L. GoldsteinThe year 1864 was shaping up to be a critical one in the three-year-long Civil War. During the previous year, Federal armies had gained control of the Mississippi River and consolidated their grip on Tennessee. Read more
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William T. Sherman: A Hard Lesson in War
By Arnold BlumbergWith the fall of Vicksburg in the first week of July 1863, the strongest remaining Confederate presence in Mississippi was a recently thrown together force of 26,000 soldiers under General Joseph E. Read more
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Failed Confederate Ambush at the Battle of Bentonville
By William E. WelshThe weary Union foot soldiers tramped north toward Goldsboro the morning of March 19, 1865. Foragers who had gone out at sunup reported the heavy presence of Confederate cavalry on the route of march. Read more
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Grand views and Stirring Tales Await at the Chattanooga Battlefields
By William E. WelshDeep ranks of Federal troops moved steadily across the valley floor toward Missionary Ridge late in the afternoon on November 25, 1863. Read more
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The Battle of Champion’s Hill: Prelude to Vicksburg
By Lawrence WeberThe Battle of Champion’s Hill was a pivotal event in the American Civil War. Ulysses S. Grant would pursue the retreating Confederate army to an area 20 miles east of Vicksburg, bringing about the Siege of Vicksburg and the Confederates’ surrender. Read more
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President Abraham Lincoln & The American Civil War
by Mike HaskewThe 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln was elected to the highest office in the land in November 1860, and the event prompted the secession of numerous southern states beginning with South Carolina the following month. Read more
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William B. Hazen: The “Best-Hated Man” of the American Civil War
Quarreling With Every Officer… Even The PresidentIn the course of his 30-year military career, Hazen managed to quarrel with various superior officers, up to and including the president of the United States. Read more
