U.S. President Abraham Lincoln‘s consultation with generals Sherman and Grant continues for a second day, with Admiral David Dixon Porter joining the three today. Military strategy Lincoln leaves to his generals and admiral. The president’s concern is that which will happen after Richmond is captured and Confederate General Robert E. Lee is forced to resign…
Much of North Carolina lies in shambles, compliments of the army of Union General William T. Sherman. Thomasville is one of the towns impacted by the war this month, albeit not directly by Sherman. Mere weeks earlier Confederate troops, retreating northward from Sherman’s advance, had paused in Thomasville. Here General Joseph E. Johnston ordered a…
Today Union General William T. Sherman writes General Ulysses S. Grant. Sherman’s men are, for their hundreds of miles of marching the past four months, in good shape. Knowing of Grant’s difficulty in maneuvering past Lee to get at Richmond, Sherman declares his intention to come to his aid soon if no serious Confederate resistance…