Atlanta is not the only thing on Union General William T. Sherman‘s mind. While capturing the strategic city is his uppermost objective, Sherman’s thoughts also drift further southward. In particular, the general is troubled at the reports he is hearing out of Andersonville Prison, an open air prison camp in southwest Georgia housing nearly 30,000…
In the midst of a relative lull in the Atlanta Campaign, Union armies under General William T. Sherman seek to obtain a better position from which to launch a new offensive. Meanwhile, Major General A. J. Smith leaves LaGrange, Tennessee today with more than 14,000 troops. Marching southward, Smith’s mission is to prevent Confederate Major…
Kennesaw Mountain is the focus of this week’s developments in the Atlanta Campaign. Confederate General Joseph Johnston and Union General William T. Sherman jockey for position, each striving to surround the other’s forces, with neither gaining the decisive upper hand. One of the many officers involved in this day’s maneuvers and skirmishes is Union Captain…