March 13, 1865 – Confederate President Jefferson Davis signed a bill into law authorizing the recruitment of slaves into the Confederate armies. The bill had
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The Battle of Franklin
November 30, 1864 – General John Bell Hood directed his Confederate Army of Tennessee to make a desperate frontal assault on strong Federal defenses south
Tennessee: The Spring Hill Affair
November 28, 1864 – General John Bell Hood’s Confederate Army of Tennessee stood poised to attack the Federal Army of the Ohio at Columbia, Tennessee.
The Battle of Jonesboro
August 31, 1864 – Federal and Confederate forces clashed south of Atlanta as the Federals sought to cut the last Confederate supply line into the
The Battle of Atlanta
July 22, 1864 – General John Bell Hood’s Confederates hoped to destroy a portion of Major General William T. Sherman’s Federal force by attacking the
Atlanta: Federals Capture Bald Hill
July 21, 1864 – Following the Battle of Peachtree Creek, Federal forces seized an important ridge east of Atlanta. General John Bell Hood, commanding the