Union forces on the Red River, having captured Louisiana’s Fort DeRussy, continue their campaign to expand their presence in Louisiana. Meanwhile, Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest initiates a cavalry raid into West Tennessee and Kentucky. The goal is to put Union forces on the offensive during the open days of the spring campaign season. On…
Baptist layman Thomas C. Cheney is a soldier in the First New Hampshire Voluntary Light Battery and a member of the First Free Baptist Church of Manchester, New Hampshire. In 1861 a 28-year old Cheney enlisted as a private in the Battery. He fights in most of the major battles during the war years, including…
As winter drags on, food and supplies become an ever greater concern for the armies of the Confederacy. General Robert E. Lee, with President Jefferson Davis‘ approval, has already resorted to impressment to feed the Army of Northern Virginia, to the dissatisfaction of many local civilians. Yet the issue is far from resolved, and Davis…