In Virginia, Union cavalry raiders continue their retreat to safety following several weeks of partially successful attempts to disrupt Confederate rail lines. Today they are surprised yet again by an unexpected encounter with a contingent of Confederate forces in what becomes known as the First Battle of Ream’s Station. Outnumbered about 7,000 to 4,000, Federal…
In Sussex County, Virginia, Union cavalry raiders, already partially successful in their mission to destroy Confederate rail tracks, are on their way back to the safety of Union lines. En route they are surprised today by Confederate forces. The Battle of Sappony Church results, an engagement that takes place in and around the Sappony Baptist…
Early this morning Union General William T. Sherman trains his artillery on Kennesaw Mountain in an effort to soften up Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston‘s forces. Since June 19 the Confederates have been entrenched atop the mountain, heavily fortified and, Sherman hopes, by now strung too thin along the ridge to repel an onslaught. At…