Nearly a month after leaving Atlanta, today General William T. Sherman and his army reach the Georgia coast. The March to the Sea is over. His men exhausted and the army low on supplies, Sherman directs a contingent of officers to contact Union supply ships that should be nearby. While awaiting a rendezvous with naval…
One day after departing from Atlanta proper on the March to the Sea, the army of U.S. General William T. Sherman destroys the railroad track to the north of Stone Mountain (the city having been effectively destroyed by the Federals in July). White citizens had fled when the Union army approached the day before. When…
Readers of this week’s Georgia Baptist Christian Index learn of the latest news from Confederate army missionary Jesse H. Campbell, who is serving along the Georgia coast, an area increasingly threatened by the nearby presence of Union army troops and Union naval ships. Savannah, Feb. 17, 1863 Dear Bro. Boykin:–As some of your readers may…