For Savannans, the dreaded day has arrived: Union General William T. Sherman, encamped outside the city with some 60,000 soldiers, demands that Lieutenant-General W. J. Hardee surrender the city. For Sherman, it is a day to relish: Months of planning and a long, hard march have led to this moment. One week before Christmas, the…
For almost two weeks Confederate General John Bell Hood‘s Army of the Tennessee has been camped outside of Nashville, waiting for Federal forces occupying the city to make the first move. Soon that move will come, as tonight Union Major General H. Thomas prepares to assault the Rebels as the day dawns on the morrow.…
Nearly a month after leaving Atlanta, today General William T. Sherman and his army reach the Georgia coast. The March to the Sea is over. His men exhausted and the army low on supplies, Sherman directs a contingent of officers to contact Union supply ships that should be nearby. While awaiting a rendezvous with naval…