The worst disaster in American Maritime history occurs today in the Mississippi River, exceeding even that of the Titanic many years later. During the war the steamship Sultana plied the Mississippi between St. Louis and New Orleans, often carrying military personnel. Now, with the war effectively over (former Confederate president Jefferson Davis yet in hiding…
With Atlanta safely in Union hands and victory over the Confederacy much more likely, the Lincoln administration can turn its attention to non-battlefield matters that may further assist a successful conclusion of the long war with the South. One of those matters is that of economics. And more specifically, the official ban on the trading…
Mere weeks before the major spring campaigns are to begin, Confederate Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest today attacks Tennessee’s Fort Pillow. Forrest’s Cavalry Corps are known for their guerrilla-like strikes in Union-held territory in Kentucky and Tennessee. Located on the Mississippi River some forty miles north of Memphis, Fort Pillow is manned by 200-295 white…