After the city of Atlanta fell to Union forces on September 2nd, 1864, Major General William T. Sherman made the extraordinary decision to remove the remaining civilian population from the city. In his memoirs, Sherman explained his reasoning, saying “I was resolved to make Atlanta a pure military garrison or depot, with no civil population [...]
In of June 1864 the Union Army of the Potomac had pushed the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia back to the Richmond and Petersburg area after the extremely costly Overland Campaign. As the Federals prepared for siege operations, General Robert E. Lee decided to make a move to threaten the north and force Lt. Gen. [...]
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By late August 1864, President Abraham Lincoln’s chances for reelection in the November election looked bleak. The military campaigns that looked promising in the spring had bogged down. Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant’s Overland Campaign in Virginia had cost tens of thousands of casualties and the Army of the Potomac was now stuck in siege operations outside [...]
Continue reading about Abraham Lincoln’s Blind Memorandum and the 1864 Election
