Today yet another fight takes place in North Carolina. In the Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina the armies of Union General William T. Sherman and Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston clash as Union forces march to Goldsboro. And once again, the Federals secure a victory. In the days following the battle, the basement of the…
Today Union General William T. Sherman’s army moves out of Fayetteville, intent on causing further damage in North Carolina. These are days of intense soul searching, South and North. Although Confederate leaders and large slaveholders (often one and the same) remain largely defiant, many White citizens of the Confederacy have given up all hope and…
Today Union General William T. Sherman writes General Ulysses S. Grant. Sherman’s men are, for their hundreds of miles of marching the past four months, in good shape. Knowing of Grant’s difficulty in maneuvering past Lee to get at Richmond, Sherman declares his intention to come to his aid soon if no serious Confederate resistance…