As key battles continue in Virginia and Georgia, the news this day emanates from the United States capital of Washington, D.C. Yesterday Secretary of Treasury Salmon P. Chase submitted his resignation … for perhaps the dozenth time. But whereas President Abraham Lincoln had in previous instances rejected Chase’ resignation, yesterday the president, to the surprise…
In Sussex County, Virginia, Union cavalry raiders, already partially successful in their mission to destroy Confederate rail tracks, are on their way back to the safety of Union lines. En route they are surprised today by Confederate forces. The Battle of Sappony Church results, an engagement that takes place in and around the Sappony Baptist…
Early this morning Union General William T. Sherman trains his artillery on Kennesaw Mountain in an effort to soften up Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston‘s forces. Since June 19 the Confederates have been entrenched atop the mountain, heavily fortified and, Sherman hopes, by now strung too thin along the ridge to repel an onslaught. At…