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…
This day is filled with various maneuvers throughout the theaters of war. In Virginia and Georgia, Union troops continue their efforts to capture Petersburg and Atlanta, respectively. In the hot July weather life in the trenches is miserable at best and deadly at worst, not least of all from the lack of sanitation coupled with…
Today the Confederates’ attempt to invade Washington (known as the Battle of Fort Stevens) comes to an abrupt end as Confederate General Jubal Early and his Second Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia meet unexpectedly stiff resistance by Union forces. The Rebels retreat in the evening, re-crossing the Potomac on the morrow. Washington is…