With Atlanta securely in Union hands, today in an attempt to break through the stalemate at Petersburg, Union General Ulysses S. Grant strikes against the Confederate forces of General Robert E. Lee on two simultaneous fronts. One assault, against Richmond, becomes known as the Battle of New Market Heights (or the Battle of Fort Harrison…
Following yesterday’s bloody Battle of Marianna in northwest Florida, in which Union forces emerged victorious, a contingent of nearby Washington County militia assembled and today move toward Marriana in hopes of engaging the Federals. At the same time, the victorious Union forces move out from Marriana this morning. Neither army realizes that they are marching…
This day is filled with various maneuvers throughout the theaters of war. In Virginia and Georgia, Union troops continue their efforts to capture Petersburg and Atlanta, respectively. In the hot July weather life in the trenches is miserable at best and deadly at worst, not least of all from the lack of sanitation coupled with…