Walter Coffey's Blog, page 25

Taking Fortune as You Can Find Her

Federal naval forces under David G. Farragut prepares to attack one of the last remaining Confederate seaports open to blockade runners. Despite delays and concerns, Farragut hopes to subdue the gain control of the bay and subdue the Confederate forts defending it.Continue reading

All the Way Up to Myself

Federal siege operations resume in front of Petersburg, Virginia, after the disastrous defeat at the Crater. Ulysses S. Grant seeks new strategies to outmaneuver the Confederate defenders, including a failed canal project and attempts to probe weak points in their defenses.Continue reading

Follow Him to the Death

Philip Sheridan is assigned to command the new Army of the Shenandoah. Sheridan’s objective is to protect Washington while clearing Jubal Early’s Confederates out of Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley once and for all.Continue reading

The Stoneman-McCook Debacle

William T. Sherman dispatches two cavalry forces to ride around opposite sides of Atlanta and cut the last supply line running in and out of the city. This raid becomes one of the biggest cavalry disasters of the war.Continue reading

One Officer to Command the Whole

Federals fall back after yet another defeat in the Shenandoah Valley. Confederates invade the north once more and destroy a Pennsylvania town. Ulysses S. Grant and Abraham Lincoln develop a plan to stop them.Continue reading

The Battle of the Crater

An ill-fated plan to detonate gunpowder under the Confederate trenches at Petersburg, Virginia, results in Federal disaster.Continue reading

Petersburg: Federals Poised to Attack

The Federal tunneling operation is completed, and Ambrose Burnside looks to use his U.S. Colored Troops to lead the impending assault. But Burnside is met with unexpected orders to change his plans.Continue reading

The Battle of Ezra Church

William T. Sherman shifts one of his three Federal armies west of Atlanta. John Bell Hood sends part of the Confederate army to intercept the Federals at a crossroads near Ezra Church.Continue reading

Atlanta: The Federal Wheel Starts Turning

William T. Sherman plans to encircle Atlanta with his three Federal armies. But in so doing, he looks to shift his positions from east and north of the city to west and south, so that he can cut the last railroad lines bringing supplies into town.Continue reading

The Deep Bottom Engagement

Ulysses S. Grant plans a Federal movement against Richmond that will divert the Confederates’ attention from the mining operation under their lines outside Petersburg.Continue reading