Battles in Virginia this day yield mixed results. On this third day of the Battle of Petersburg, Union forces inch closer to capturing the strategic city of Petersburg. Yet their efforts fall short, and on the morrow Confederate General Robert E. Lee and reinforcements arrive in time to prevent the Federals–at this juncture–from taking the…
Anxieties North and South are high. The moment of truth is mere days to come. The United States and Confederate States, both weary of war, steel for yet another season of bloodshed and anguish. This most uncivil of wars was never expected to last this long. The public is nervous, politicians are wary, and soldier…
Union General Ulysses S. Grant, now in command of all Union armies, plots strategy for the coming spring and summer campaigns. Today in Cincinnati Grant wraps up a planning session with General William Tecumseh Sherman in which they discuss putting all federal armies into play simultaneously, engaging the rebels on all major fronts in an…