In the wake of the Union loss in the Battle of New Hope Church, federal forces withdraw from the field and once again prepare to place pressure on the Confederates at another nearby location, not the least deterred in the larger objective of capturing Atlanta. In Virginia, the Battle of North Anna comes to an…
South Carolinian Robert Smalls, a former slave who had worked in Charleston’s shipyards, became a hero to the North in May 1862 when he commandeered the Confederate transport CSS Planter in Charleston Harbor and steered the ship to safety and freedom for himself and his crew of slaves and their families, behind nearby Union naval…
Green Clay Smith (1826-1895), born in Richmond, Kentucky and a lawyer by profession, is an officer in the United States Army. In May, Smith helped rout Confederate forces commanded by John Hunt Morgan at Lebanon, Tennessee. Formerly a colonel, today he is appointed as brigadier general of the Fourth Regiment of the Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry.…