Walter Coffey's Blog, page 19

Virginia: A Proposal to Exchange Prisoners

Robert E. Lee seeks to renew the prisoner exchange cartel with Ulysses S. Grant amidst a manpower shortage in the Confederacy.Continue reading

The St. Albans Raid

The Confederate government authorizes a group of raiders to attack Federal towns from Canada in hopes of causing a Copperhead uprising in the North. This results in the northernmost Confederate attack on Federal soil.Continue reading

The Battle of Cedar Creek

Jubal Early’s Confederates launch one more desperate attack against Philip Sheridan’s numerically superior but unsuspecting Federal army in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley.Continue reading

The Shenandoah Valley: Early Plans to Attack

After a decisive engagement against the Confederates in mid-October, Philip Sheridan goes to attend a conference in Washington, while Jubal Early’s Confederates prepare to launch a surprise attack on Sheridan’s army.Continue reading

Hood Leaves Georgia

John Bell Hood leads his Confederate Army of Tennessee in a desperate attempt to pull the Federals out of Georgia while trying to regain Tennessee and Kentucky for the Confederacy.Continue reading

Missouri: Price Rushes West

Sterling Price’s Confederates capture several towns. But despite initial victories, dwindling numbers and public discontent force Price to reconsider his strategy amid Federal advances on multiple fronts.Continue reading

Mosby’s “Greenback” Raid

John S. Mosby’s Confederate partisans return to the Shenandoah Valley to disrupt Philip Sheridan’s Federal supply lines. Mosby’s raiders ambush a train, recover a large sum of money, and temporarily halt traffic on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.Continue reading

Forrest Launches a New Raid

Nathan Bedford Forrest’s Confederate cavalry troopers attack Federal forces on the Tennessee River and prepare to launch a new raid on Federal supply transports in Tennessee.Continue reading

Hood Looks to Draw Sherman Out of Georgia

John Bell Hood repositions his Confederate Army of Tennessee to disrupt the Federal supply line in Georgia rather than engage directly. Hood plans to move toward Alabama, while Sherman plans an offensive march through Georgia.Continue reading

The Capture of the C.S.S. Florida

The Federal steam sloop U.S.S. Wachusett captures the famed Confederate commerce raider C.S.S. Florida in the waters of a neutral country, which sparks international outrage. This daring seizure draws both praise and condemnation from various quarters.Continue reading