Federals break an unofficial truce by reinforcing Fort Pickens, a vital installation near Pensacola, Florida.
Tag: Braxton Bragg
Determining to re-enforce Fort Pickens
President Abraham Lincoln orders the reinforcement of Fort Pickens at Pensacola, but mix-ups in orders make it more difficult than intended.
Jefferson Davis Stops at Abbeville
Jefferson Davis and his dwindling government-in-exile held what turned out to be their last council of war in their southward flight to avoid Federal capture.
The Battle of Bentonville
March 19, 1865 – General Joseph E. Johnston’s makeshift Confederate army moved to crush the left wing of Major General William T. Sherman’s Federal army
The Battle of Kinston
March 8, 1865 – A small Confederate force under General Braxton Bragg tried making a stand east of Kinston to stop Major General Jacob D.
North Carolina: Battle Looms Near Kinston
March 7, 1865 – General Braxton Bragg hoped to prevent Federals from joining forces in North Carolina by blocking a detachment moving inland from the