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,…
Throughout the war, gangs of boys in the city of Richmond have been fighting one another. The clashes have various overtones including socio-economic divides, racial hatred, and control of neighborhoods. The gangs, which number 30-40, are known by a variety of names coupled with the word “cats,” a term originally used as an insult, but…