Government leaders North and South repeatedly invoke God’s favor upon their respective nations throughout the war. Now, with the nearly four-year old conflict having reached a point at which God’s favor is visibly evidenced on the side of the United States, President Abraham Lincoln issues his second annual, official Thanksgiving proclamation. United States residents, despite…
Skirmishes continue in north Georgia as Rebels strive to disrupt Union supply lines between Nashville and Atlanta. Attacking the Union-occupied cities of the Deep South is out of the question for the vastly weakened Confederacy’s Army of the Tennessee. Being an annoyance and worry to the Federals is about the best the Rebels can do…
In the trenches around Petersburg, Union General Ulysses S. Grant sends Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock off on an offensive against Richmond. For the next six days Federals and Confederates skirmish in the Second Battle of Deep Bottom. In the end, the Confederates win the battle by successfully thwarting the attack on the Confederate capital.…