Spring may have officially arrived, but the occasional winter battle continues, sometimes in rather unexpected fashion. Today is one of those days. This morning near Dalton, Georgia the winter weather leads to a spirited battle. Troops from Arkansas in the Army of Tennessee seize the initiative when Major General Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, the highest-ranking Irish-born…
The Union Army, under Major General William Rosecrans, currently occupies Chattanooga, Tennessee following months of fighting their way through the state. Chattanooga, in southeast Tennessee, borders Georgia, separated by the mighty Tennessee River. The southern city is surrounded by mountains. Confederate General Braxton Bragg’s forces, having been forced into the mountains and ever further southward…
The Battle of Fredericksburg is now over, having been a humiliating defeat for the United States Army. Yet death has visited both North and South. An eyewitness account from a North Carolina Baptist soldier–a member of Reeds Baptist Church–written after the battle, recounts the carnage taking place around him in Confederate ranks on the day…