Troops from the Federal Army of the Potomac arrive at Bridgeport, Alabama, to reinforce the Federals trapped in Chattanooga, while dissension grows within the Confederate Army of Tennessee.
Tag: Jefferson Davis
The Richmond Strategy Conference
As William S. Rosecrans’s Federals close in on Chattanooga, participants at the high-level conference in Richmond decide to maintain the status quo in Virginia while reinforcing Braxton Bragg’s Confederate Army of Tennessee.
Westward Ho
With Federal forces closing in on Chattanooga, it is decided that a detachment of the Army of Northern Virginia be sent west to reinforce the Confederate defenders at this key railroad town.
Northern Virginia and the Confederate Strategy Conference
Robert E. Lee attends a conference with President Jefferson Davis at Richmond to discuss upcoming Confederate strategy in Virginia and elsewhere, while Lee’s top lieutenant has ideas of his own.
Forestalling the Public Judgment
Confederate President Jefferson Davis tries to regroup after the disastrous loss of the Mississippi River, which includes consoling John C. Pemberton for having surrendered his army at Vicksburg.
Lee Submits His Resignation
Robert E. Lee submits his resignation as commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia to President Jefferson Davis.