Today Confederate Calvary Commander General Joe Wheeler, in an attempt to hamper the Union offensive against Atlanta, begins raiding activities behind Federal lines in North Georgia, targeting Federal railroad supply lines. Wheeler operates in North Georgia and Tennessee for a month. Although the Confederate general does manage to temporarily destroy some stretches of rail, his…
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…
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…