Attempting to disrupt Union General William T. Sherman‘s operations in Georgia, the Confederate’s Army of the Tennessee takes advantage of the absence of Federal troops at Kennessaw and Big Shanty by seizing the rail lines and commencing operations to destroy the rails, hence cutting off the Federals’ supply route between Atlanta and Nashville. Unamused, Sherman…
The war has displaced many families North, South and in-between. The later includes the Wallace family of Paducah, Kentucky, an Upper South state that opted for neutrality rather than join the Confederacy. Philip Hugh Wallace practiced law prior to the war, earning a good living for his family thanks to the slave-based economy of the…
News of the Confederate massacre of black Union soldiers at Fort Pillow is spreading like wildfire throughout the North. As the public demands justice, famed black abolitionist Frederick Douglass today addresses a crowd assembled at the Twelfth Baptist Church in New York City. Expressing hope that Congress is finally committed to providing fair pay to…