As the year draws toward a close with Nashville, Atlanta and Savannah all securely in Union hands, some things nonetheless seem much the same in the South. As has been typical for years, the Richmond Daily Dispatch newspaper contains numerous announcements of rewards for the return of runaway slaves. Another announcement concerns “the sale of…
Today Sherman’s left (northernmost) wing arrives at Camp Lawton near Millen, a prison of war compound. Intent on liberating Union prisoners, the Federals are angered to learn that Confederate military officials have moved the camp’s prisoners southward to Thomas County. The Union soldiers express their displeasure by burning the local depot and a hotel in…
The Confederate’s Army of the Tennessee, led by General John Bell Hood, departs Florence, Alabama today, en route to Tennessee. Altogether, the Rebels field 30,000 soldiers and 8,000 cavalry in the planned invasion of Tennessee. This is the largest Confederate army in the field other than General Robert E. Lee‘s Army of Northern Virginia, currently…