Despair grows ever deeper in the state of Georgia. Atlanta, formerly one of the most important and strategic cities in the Confederacy, is occupied by the enemy. The city’s citizens are scattered to the winds, having been forcefully evacuated by order of Union General William T. Sherman. Meanwhile, the South’s Army of the Tennessee seems…
One day after the fall of Atlanta the news is ever so slowly traveling by word of mouth, as communications infrastructure in the Atlanta area is largely destroyed. The Confederate capital is in the dark regarding Atlanta as the Richmond Daily Dispatch reports of ongoing fighting near the city: “We have news of fighting near…
Disloyalty to the Confederate cause is becoming a significant problem, even in the Deep South. Thousands of Confederate soldiers in the heart of the Confederacy, disgruntled at fighting a slaveholders’ war and anxious to assist their suffering families, have deserted and returned to their families and communities. The desertions should come as no surprise to…