Five Forks is a road junction in the vicinity of Petersburg, important to the viability of Robert E. Lee‘s last supply line, the South Side Railroad. Today the Federals advance upon the junction and score a significant victory over the Rebels, capturing many prisoners and forcing, by the end of the day, Confederate defenders into…
With gloom and bitterness, winter draws nigh. Death and desertion has left Confederate armies but a shadow of their former strength. General Sherman is mere miles from the Georgia coast and the Union is putting yet more men in uniform in order to prepare for a renewed spring offensive against Richmond. In all but the…
Today in the Shenandoah Valley Union forces rout Confederate troops in the Battle of Guard Hill (also known as the Battle of Crooked River). The Union victory proves to be the definitive turning point in Federals taking control of the Valley from the Confederates. Soon, Robert E. Lee‘s army, confined to the trenches around Petersburg…