As tensions approach their breaking point in Charleston, Major Robert Anderson makes a fateful decision that threatens to start a war.
Tag: Winfield Scott
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.
Striking While It Is Yet To-day
The Florida legislature kicks off the month by meeting in special session to consider seceding from the Union. Other states would soon follow.
The Army of Virginia
Abraham Lincoln creates a new Federal army designed to do what George B. McClellan could not–destroy the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and capture Richmond.