Two days after leaving Rome, Georgia, Union General William T. Sherman arrives back in Atlanta. This time, Sherman will not stay long. With 60,000 men under his command, the general divides his forces into a left wing and a right wing. On the morrow they will leave Atlanta to march to the Georgia sea port…
Today the Confederate States win a much-needed, albeit small, battle in the east Tennessee counties of Hamblen and Green in the Battle of Bull’s Gap. In the battle, a Confederate expedition from Virginia enters east Tennessee in search of food and supplies, in the light of winter closing in. The Rebels also seek to drive…
Today is election day in the United States of America. The presidential contest pits Abraham Lincoln, up for re-election for a second term, against Union General George B. McClellan, who today formally resigns his military commission in order to run for the presidency. Lincoln has done all he can to give himself and his anti-slavery,…