In Virginia the forces of Union General Philip Sheridan maintain pursuit of Confederate General Jubal Early‘s forces, albeit at a slow enough pace to allow ample time to burn crops, barns, forage and whatever else they think would have been useful to the Confederacy. Meanwhile, forces under the command of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest…
In Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, the forces of Union General Philip Sheridan chase the retreating forces of Confederate General Jubal Early, following the Federals’ victory over the Rebels at Winchester the day prior. As the chase takes place, Confederate president Jefferson Davis departs from Richmond en route to Georgia to visit Confederate General John Bell Hood…
While an increasing number of soldiers are dying on battlefields, wounds and sickness in general are more common threats in the daily lives of the warriors of the North and South. Today, Jacob John Tanner, born October 27, 1841 in Siblingen, Canton Schaffhausen, Switzerland, and now fighting on behalf of the United States, is stricken…