Walter Coffey's Blog, page 21

The Battle of Fort Davidson

Sterling Price’s Confederates advance on Fort Davidson as part of their final attempt to wrest Missouri from Federal control.Continue reading

Let No One Despond

President Jefferson Davis visits John Bell Hood at his Palmetto headquarters to learn more about the condition of the Army of Tennessee, while Hood plans to confront Sherman in an effort to regain Atlanta.Continue reading

Federal Supply Lines Under Attack

Nathan Bedford Forrest’s Confederate cavalry force raids Federal supply lines in northern Alabama and middle Tennessee. This includes attacking a vital depot on the Tennessee & Alabama Railroad.Continue reading

Sheridan Causes the Greatest Consternation

Philip Sheridan’s Federals continue pursuing the Confederates in the Shenandoah, but Sheridan soon halts in accordance with Ulysses S. Grant’s directive to devastate the Valley instead.Continue reading

The Battle of Fisher’s Hill

After defeating the Confederate Army of the Valley at Winchester, Philip Sheridan’s Federals pursue the enemy to a strong eminence blocking the path to the upper (southern) Shenandoah.Continue reading

Georgia: Planning Upcoming Operations

William T. Sherman receives high praise from his superiors for the capture of Atlanta. Sherman writes a long letter to Ulysses S. Grant offering ideas on what the Federals should focus on next.Continue reading

The Third Battle of Winchester

Philip Sheridan’s Federals attack the weakened Confederate army outside Winchester and Stephenson’s Depot as part of Sheridan’s overall effort to drive the Confederates out of the Shenandoah Valley.Continue reading

Sheridan Goes In

After a few weeks of stalemate and reconnaissance, Philip Sheridan unveils a plan to drive Jubal Early’s Confederates out of the Shenandoah Valley once and for all.Continue reading

The Beefsteak Raid

Wade Hampton, commanding cavalry for the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, receives information that a herd of cattle capable of feeding the hungry army was loosely guarded by Federals.Continue reading

The State of the Confederacy

By this time, key defeats at Mobile Bay and Atlanta shift momentum in the war to the North and dampen southern morale.Continue reading