OTD 165 YEARS AGO: The Confederacy wins the first land battle on Virginia’s Peninsula and stops a Federal drive toward Yorktown and Richmond.
Tag: D.H. Hill
The Battle of Kinston
A small Confederate force under Braxton Bragg tries making a stand east of Kinston to stop Jacob D. Cox’s Federal advance inland from the North Carolina coast.
South Carolina: Federals Destroy Orangeburg
By this time, Major-General William T. Sherman’s Federals had wrecked the South Carolina Railroad, cutting the connection between the Confederate garrisons at Augusta and Charleston.
South Carolina: Sherman’s Entire Force Arrives
William T. Sherman’s two Federal armies are now entirely in South Carolina. Despite difficulties traversing obstacles, the Federals push on against what remains of a Confederate resistance.
South Carolina: The Federal Destruction Begins
William T. Sherman’s Federal armies continue moving into South Carolina, disregarding the elements, logistical challenges, and sporadic Confederate resistance along the way.
Sherman Turns Toward Columbia
William T. Sherman’s Federals begin turning inland, away from the coast, as they inch northward from Savannah into South Carolina.