President Lincoln sends agents to Charleston to see if any Unionist sentiment can be found there. He soon learns there cannot.
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Forrest Raids Memphis
August 21, 1864 – Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest led his Confederate cavalry on a daring raid while Federal forces were out trying to hunt
Sherman’s Meridian Campaign Begins
February 1, 1864 – Major General William T. Sherman’s campaign to advance from Vicksburg to Meridian in Mississippi began. Sherman’s march was to be preceded
Sherman Targets Meridian
January 10, 1864 – Major General William T. Sherman, the new commander of the Federal Army of the Tennessee, arrived at Memphis to discuss his