Today the Confederate States win a much-needed, albeit small, battle in the east Tennessee counties of Hamblen and Green in the Battle of Bull’s Gap. In the battle, a Confederate expedition from Virginia enters east Tennessee in search of food and supplies, in the light of winter closing in. The Rebels also seek to drive…
Today in Georgia Union General William T. Sherman, preparing for his march across Georgia to the port city of Savannah, issues Special Field Orders No. 120. The orders declare that the army “will forage liberally on the country during the march,” including “corn or forage of any kind, meat of any kind, vegetables, corn-meal, or…
Today is election day in the United States of America. The presidential contest pits Abraham Lincoln, up for re-election for a second term, against Union General George B. McClellan, who today formally resigns his military commission in order to run for the presidency. Lincoln has done all he can to give himself and his anti-slavery,…