George H. Thomas’s Federals, led by his cavalry, struggle to pursue and destroy the rapidly disintegrating Confederate Army of Tennessee as it retreats south toward Alabama.
Tag: James H. Wilson
The Spring Hill Affair
John Bell Hood’s Confederate Army of Tennessee stands poised to cut off the Federal Army of the Ohio at Columbia, Tennessee. But miscommunication leads to missed opportunity for the Confederates in what became one of the greatest controversies of the war.
The Battle of Ream’s Station
Ulysses S. Grant sends two Federal cavalry divisions to destroy Confederate supply lines outside Petersburg, Virginia. The raid does not go as planned.
Vicksburg: Grant Removes McClernand
Ulysses S. Grant continues his relentless siege, and he also finds time to finally remove a troublesome commander.
The End of the Yazoo Pass Expedition
The Federal flotilla comprising the Yazoo Pass expedition turns around and goes back to its starting point after proving unable to neutralize Fort Pemberton near Greenwood, Mississippi.
Federals Finally Clear Yazoo Pass
A Federal army-navy expeditionary force struggles to get through Yazoo Pass in an effort to get at the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg, Mississippi.