Letter from Sgt. Edwin Fay of the Minden Rangers to his wife.
Tag: Civil War
The Fall of Vicksburg
John C. Pemberton’s Confederates formally surrender on Independence Day, transferring the mighty stronghold of Vicksburg to Federal hands.
The Battle of Gettysburg: Day Three
Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia launches a massive, desperate charge to destroy the Federal Army of the Potomac once and for all.
The Battle of Chancellorsville: Hooker Pulls Back
Robert E. Lee rushes to trap the Federal Army of the Potomac in the Wilderness, while Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson proposes one of the most daring maneuvers of the war.
The Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln signs the executive order emancipating all slaves in states and parts of states controlled by the Confederacy.
The Battle of Stones River
A major battle begins near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, when Braxton Bragg’s Confederate Army of Tennessee attacks the Federal army under William S. Rosecrans.