In the Atlanta Campaign’s Battle of Utoy Creek, begun on August 4, a Union offensive attempts to seize the railroad between East Point and Atlanta. The rail lines represent the Confederate’s supply route. Infighting among Union officers, however, provides Rebel defenders time to better entrench in anticipation of the Union attack. Unable to overpower the…
Confederate cavalry forces, following the raid upon Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, are attempting to retreat to safety across the Potomac River, a dividing line between North and South. Today they engage Federal troops at Old Town, Maryland and, across the river, Spring Run, West Virginia. Confederate officials hope the raids in the North will create more unrest…
Following his successful raid of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania two days prior, Confederate General John McCausland and his forces head toward western Maryland in an attempt to inflict further structural and political damage upon the United States. Union forces, however, effectively engage the Rebels this day in the Battle of Folck’s Mill near Cumberland. Following a five-hour…