165 YEARS AGO: President Abraham Lincoln calls for increased military enrollment, which results in Federal troops pouring into Washington, D.C. By mid-May, talk turns from defense to offensive operations including an invasion of the South.
Tag: William T. Sherman
The Louisiana Secession
Delegates to the Louisiana State Convention at Baton Rouge vote 113 to 17 to become the sixth state to secede from the Union.
Gloom and Doom Pervading
Various opinions are offered on secession, while General-in-Chief Winfield Scott struggles with the fact that the U.S. Army is completely unprepared for any kind of armed conflict.
The U.S. Army Grand Review
The “Grand Armies of the Republic” stage a triumphant review through Washington to celebrate the Federal victory and end of the war.
Johnston Surrenders to Sherman a Second Time
Joseph E. Johnston considers dispersing his Confederate army and waging guerrilla warfare, but he ultimately decides to surrender just as Robert E. Lee had done at Appomattox.
Hostilities Set to Resume in North Carolina
Ulysses S. Grant arrives at the headquarters of William T. Sherman to inform him that President Andrew Johnson rejected his peace treaty with Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston.