Poetry: Sherman’s March to the Sea
“Sherman’s March to the Sea” is a poem written in 1864 by Samuel Hawkins Marshall Byers III, 5th Iowa Volunteer Infantry. Byers wrote it while a prisoner in Colombia, S.C. The poem was set...
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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...
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...
Farragut Takes Mobile Bay; Sheridan Given Command in the Shenandoah; Sherman Closes in on Atlanta: August 1864
August 1864 in the Civil War Fighting continued on several fronts as the event filled summer of 1864 moved into August. The capture of the Confederate port at Mobile, Alabama had long been a...
Colonel Daniel McCook’s Brigade at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, June 27th, 1864
In late June 1864, the progress of Major General William T. Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign had slowed down. When the campaign began in early May, Sherman would advance, engage the Confederates of General Joseph E....
Overland and Atlanta Campaigns Begin: May 1864
May 1864 in the Civil War With all planning and preparations complete, the much anticipated spring campaigns under the overall command of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant began in early May. Grant’s plan called...
Battle of Olustee; Meridian Campaign; CSS H. L. Hunley Sinks USS Housatonic: February 1864
February 1864 in the Civil War Although the larger armies remained in Winter Camp, the action did pick up a bit in February 1864 after a quiet January. On February 3rd, Major General William...
General Stephen Burbridge’s Report On His Brigade’s Action at the Battle of Arkansas Post
In January 1863, Major General John A. McClernand led a combined army-navy expedition up the Arkansas River to the Confederate garrison at Arkansas Post, or Fort Hindman. This fort, located 25 miles upriver from...