The Battle of the Wilderness ends inconclusively when Union General Ulysses S. Grant, facing a well-entrenched Confederate foe, withdraws from the field and turns toward Spotsylvania Courthouse in an effort to reposition his troops between Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee‘s Army of Northern Virginia and Richmond, the Confederate capital. The three day battle has left…
The month of May arrives with great anticipation in the air. While his officers puzzle over incomplete intelligence regarding the movements of Union forces in Virginia, Confederate Robert E. Lee takes time out to attend the baptism of Lucy Lee Hill, the infant daughter of General A. P. Hill. Both families are Episcopalian. As a…
The Union and Confederate armies are by now in full preparation for the looming spring campaigns. While the federal Red River Campaign in Louisiana has become bogged down and Confederates have manged to regain control of Plymouth, North Carolina, Union forces, largely victorious on the battlefield since July of the year prior, clearly remain on…