On the morning of April 17th, 1865, General William T. Sherman was boarding a train in Raleigh, North Carolina on his way to meet with General Joseph E. Johnston in Durham to discuss terms...
After completing his March to the Sea by capturing Savannah, Georgia in December 1864, Major General William T. Sherman took his army north into the Carolinas early in 1865. In mid-February, Sherman’s army captured Columbia,...
April 1862 in the Civil War There was significant action on several fronts as the Civil War passed its first anniversary. Union forces achieved success in the west and along the Atlantic coast, while...