The month of March is approaching. His army weakened by the harsh winter, insufficient food supplies and ongoing desertions, Confederate General Robert E. Lee is worried. Charged with preventing the Federals from reaching the Confederate capital of Richmond, he recently denied the request of Texas Governor Pendelton Murrah to allow the “Texas Brigade” a leave…
As the massive forces of Union General William T. Sherman approach North Carolina, word of their advance has reached Confederate General Robert E. Lee‘s Army of Northern Virginia, the army that is desperately trying to prevent Union General Ulysses S. Grant from reaching Richmond. With many southerners on the home front now ready for the…
Within the past ten days, Columbia, SC, Charleston, SC and Wilmington, NC have all fallen to Federal forces. The one remaining major Confederate city in the main theater of war is Richmond, VA, the Confederate capital. While national and state civil leaders, in addition to many white religious leaders, remain ideologically defiant in the defense…