165 YEARS AGO: In western Virginia, a Federal force looks to clear Confederates out of the Great Kanawha Valley while Confederates try to coordinate and consolidate their forces.
Tag: Jacob D. Cox
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.
North Carolina: Battle Looms Near Kinston
Braxton Bragg looks to prevent Federals from joining forces in North Carolina by blocking a detachment moving inland from the coast.
The Fall of Wilmington
John Schofield’s new Federal army captures a once-vital Confederate port city on the North Carolina coast.
The Fall of Fort Anderson
The Confederate garrison guarding Wilmington, North Carolina, becomes one of many to fall to overwhelming Federal numbers this month. The city of Wilmington itself becomes the next target.
The Johnsonville Raid
Nathan Bedford Forrest’s Confederate cavalry moves south up the Tennessee River on two captured Federal transports to disrupt Federal river traffic en route to Johnsonville, Tennessee.