The Battle of Pickett’s Mill takes place today west of Atlanta, following the Union loss in the Battle of New Hope Church. Once again, the Confederates emerge victorious in the skirmish, their most decisive victory to date in the Atlanta campaign as Union casualties number some 1,600 compared to only about 500 for the Confederacy.…
As he has done daily since early May, Union General William T. Sherman relentlessly pressures the Confederate’s Army of Tennessee, in the process drawing ever closer to the key Georgia city of Atlanta. Attempting to make an end run around Confederate General Joe Johnston‘s forces, Sherman’s troops swing wide to the left of the rebels,…
Following Union General Phil Sheridan’s recent successful cavalry raid that disrupted Confederate supply lines and caused havoc six miles north of Richmond, the rumors have been flying: black soldiers are on the prowl, beating up white citizens and stealing the riches of prominent Richmond-area families. Today’s Richmond Daily Dispatch publishes a report, submitted by an…