Tagged: 1864

October 23, 2015

Rutherford B. Hayes Recalls an Incident at the Battle of Cedar Creek

Rutherford B. Hayes commanded the 2nd Division of the Union Army of West Virginia at the Battle of Cedar Creek in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley fought on October 19th, 1864. The future 19th President of...

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November 29, 2014

Battle of Nashville; Sherman Captures Savannah; Federals Attack Fort Fisher: December 1864

December 1864 in the Civil War While siege operations continued around Petersburg, Virginia, there was significant action elsewhere as 1864 came to an end. In Tennessee, despite suffering 7000 casualties at the Battle of...

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November 13, 2014

Colonel Emerson Opdycke’s Report on His Brigade’s Action at the Battle of Franklin

On November 30th, 1864, Major General John M. Schofield’s Army of the Ohio was dug in around the town of Franklin, Tennessee. Schofield’s line extended around the town in a semicircle, with the ends...

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October 30, 2014

Lincoln Reelected, Sherman Begins March to the Sea, Battle of Franklin: November 1864

November 1864 in the Civil War With the major campaigns bogged down in the mid summer of 1864, it appeared that Abraham Lincoln’s chances at being reelected President of the United States were slim...

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October 19, 2014

Future President Rutherford B. Hayes’ After Action Reports on the Battles of Winchester, Fisher’s Hill, and Cedar Creek

Ohio native and future 19th President of the United States Rutherford B. Hayes was a 38 year old Cincinnati lawyer when he was appointed major of the 23rd Ohio Infantry in June of 1861....

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September 30, 2014

Battles of Allatoona Pass, Cedar Creek, and Westport; Confederates Raid St. Albans Vermont: October 1864

October 1864 in the Civil War While the Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac remained deadlocked around Petersburg and Richmond, there was a great deal of action in other places...

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August 31, 2014

Atlanta Falls to Sherman’s Army; Battles of Opequon, Chaffin’s Farm and Poplar Springs Church: September 1864

September 1864 in the Civil War The end of the Atlanta Campaign was in sight as the month of September opened. At the end of August, Major General William T. Sherman sent six corps...

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August 23, 2014

Lt. Col. Frederick Benteen’s Report on the Battle of Westport October 1864

In late August 1864, Major General Sterling Price and a 12,000 man Confederate Army left Princeton, Arkansas and headed north to Missouri. Price had an ambitious goal. He would invade Missouri, capture St. Louis,...

Tagged: 1864

Rutherford B. Hayes Recalls an Incident at the Battle of Cedar Creek

Battle of Nashville; Sherman Captures Savannah; Federals Attack Fort Fisher: December 1864

Colonel Emerson Opdycke’s Report on His Brigade’s Action at the Battle of Franklin

Lincoln Reelected, Sherman Begins March to the Sea, Battle of Franklin: November 1864

Future President Rutherford B. Hayes’ After Action Reports on the Battles of Winchester, Fisher’s Hill, and Cedar Creek

Battles of Allatoona Pass, Cedar Creek, and Westport; Confederates Raid St. Albans Vermont: October 1864

Atlanta Falls to Sherman’s Army; Battles of Opequon, Chaffin’s Farm and Poplar Springs Church: September 1864

Lt. Col. Frederick Benteen’s Report on the Battle of Westport October 1864

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