Today in Alabama, Confederate General John Bell Hood moves his army from Gadsden to Guntersville in order to cross the Tennessee River and move northward. Yet in a sign of the ongoing haplessness of Confederate armies, Hood had forgotten to bring along his pontoon bridge. Located on the Coosa River in eastern Alabama, it does…
Confederates score a minor victory this day and the next in the border state of Missouri in the Second Battle of Independence. However, Union forces turn around and defeat the Rebels on the 23rd in the Battle of Westport, the latter battle bringing to an end major Confederate operations west of the Mississippi River. White…
Confederate guerrillas led by “Bloody” Bill Anderson and including Jesse and Frank James, both Baptists, this evening raid Danville, Missouri, a Union-friendly town. Many citizens, recognizing the invasion, flee for the woods, escaping the carnage. Not all are so lucky as the guerrillas set fire to the town, shooting citizens who dare show themselves. Some…