Two days after leaving Rome, Georgia, Union General William T. Sherman arrives back in Atlanta. This time, Sherman will not stay long. With 60,000 men under his command, the general divides his forces into a left wing and a right wing. On the morrow they will leave Atlanta to march to the Georgia sea port…
Today the Confederate States win a much-needed, albeit small, battle in the east Tennessee counties of Hamblen and Green in the Battle of Bull’s Gap. In the battle, a Confederate expedition from Virginia enters east Tennessee in search of food and supplies, in the light of winter closing in. The Rebels also seek to drive…
Today Union General William T. Sherman, temporarily in Cartersville, Georgia, telegrams General Thomas in Nashville. Leaving Thomas in command of Union forces in Tennessee and north Georgia, Sherman departs Cartersville for Atlanta, thus beginning his march to the sea on the Georgia coast. Until December 13, the general will be out of communication with the…