Song: Marching Through Georgia
Songwriter Henry Clay Work (1832-1884) was a Connecticut native and staunch supporter of the Union cause. Work was born into an abolitionist family whose home was a stop on the Underground Railroad and who...
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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...
General William T. Sherman’s Report on The March to the Sea and Capture of Savannah
On November 15th, 1864, Major General William T. Sherman began one of the more famous–or infamous depending on one’s point of view–chapters of the Civil War when his roughly 60,000 man army left Atlanta,...
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...
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...
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...
General John W. Fuller’s Report on His Division’s Action at the Battle of Atlanta
Brigadier General John W. Fuller was born in England in 1827 and moved with his family to upstate New York in 1833. He owned a publishing business in Utica, New York, and also served...
Battles of Atlanta, Monocacy, and the Petersburg Crater: July 1864
July 1864 in the Civil War As July 1864 began, the Army of the Potomac was engaged in siege operations outside of Petersburg, Virginia. In northern Georgia, Major General William T. Sherman’s army was...