Today Union General James H. Wilson, commanding some 13,000 cavalry, launches a weeks-long raid targeting Confederate infrastructure in central Alabama. The few remaining Rebel forces in the state offer no significant resistance as Wilson’s horsemen sweep across the state. The largest cavalry raid of the war, Wilson’s offensive transpires at a time when the Confederacy’s…
Today yet another fight takes place in North Carolina. In the Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina the armies of Union General William T. Sherman and Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston clash as Union forces march to Goldsboro. And once again, the Federals secure a victory. In the days following the battle, the basement of the…
Today Confederate Brigadier General Mark Perrin Lowrey (1828-1885) resigns his commission, due to bad health. A Southern Baptist preacher who became known as the “Preacher General” during the war, after the war Lowrey moves back to his home state of Mississippi, where in 1873 he founds Blue Mountain Female Institute. He also serves as president…