With the coming of a new year, morale among southerners falls to an all-time low as prospects for a Federal victory seem brighter than ever.
Month: December 2023
From Aden Cavins, 97th Indiana
Letter from Lt. Col. Aden Cavins of the 97th Indiana Volunteer Infantry to his wife.
We Should Inflict Exemplary Punishment
William T. Sherman shares his plan to clear the Confederates from Mississippi and its connecting waterways with his close friend Ulysses S. Grant.
Grant Urges Action in East Tennessee
Ulysses S. Grant pushes John G. Foster at Knoxville to take the offensive, but the Federals are reluctant to hunt down the Confederates in such harsh winter weather.
A New Era Had Dawned
Joseph E. Johnston arrives at Dalton, Georgia, to assume command of the demoralized Confederate Army of Tennessee.
Averell’s Third West Virginia Raid
A new Confederate force moves into West Virginia to stop Federal raiding in the region, and endures freezing cold in the process.