While Sherman‘s army continues marching through Georgia with little opposition, destroying infrastructure and confiscating crops as they move eastward toward the coast, Confederate agents today stage an attempt to burn New York City. The plot has been afoot for quite some time, having originally been designed to take place on election day, only to be…
The March to the Sea continues, with today’s primary action playing out in Jones and Troup counties north of Macon. Here in the Battle of Griswoldville Union forces easily dispatch a contingent of Confederates, suffering a mere 62 casualties compared to some 650 for the Rebels. The Battle of Griswoldville, proving to be one of…
Now fully on the march westward and southward from Atlanta, Union General William T. Sherman‘s army is spread out from the vicinity of Jackson to Oxford. His exact intentions are unclear to citizens of Georgia, yet many cities and towns in the potential path of the army have little, if any, resources to prepare defenses.…