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The Lincolns Visit City Point

The Lincoln family braves a storm as they steam down the Virginia coast and arrive at the headquarters of Ulysses S. Grant to visit the Federal officers and troops laying siege to Petersburg and Richmond.Continue reading

Now They Will Repent

Robert E. Lee faces dire circumstances as his Confederates are besieged at Petersburg. He approves a desperate plan for his army to break the Federal siege line east of Petersburg, thereby opening an escape route to the south.Continue reading

The Fall of Goldsboro

William T. Sherman’s Federals end their devastating march through the Carolinas by arriving at Goldsboro, North Carolina.Continue reading

The Battle of Bentonville: Day Two

The fight that began yesterday in North Carolina ends as William T. Sherman scrambles to unite his Federal army to oppose Joseph E. Johnston’s makeshift Confederate force.Continue reading

The Battle of Bentonville

Joseph E. Johnston’s makeshift Confederate army moves to crush the left wing of William T. Sherman’s Federal army outside Bentonville before the right wing can come up in supportContinue reading

Confederates Make a Stand at Bentonville

Joseph E. Johnston concentrates all the Confederates he can muster near Bentonville, North Carolina, to oppose the advancing left wing of William T. Sherman’s Federal army.Continue reading

The Battle of Averasboro

William T. Sherman’s Federals move towards Goldsboro, North Carolina, to join forces with John Schofield. A small Confederate force digs in near Averasboro and partially blocks Sherman’s path.Continue reading

Very Sufficient Revenge

President Jefferson Davis resists acknowledging the South’s bleak prospects for independence. He submits a contentious message to the Confederate Congress to take stronger actions as a growing sense of defeat spreads throughout the South.Continue reading

Confederate Slave Recruitment

Confederate President Jefferson Davis signs a bill into law authorizing the recruitment of slaves into the Confederate armies.Continue reading

The Fall of Fayetteville

William T. Sherman’s Federal armies capture Fayetteville, a key city on the Cape Fear River in southern North Carolina. Sherman then plans to unite with other Federal forces and capture Goldsboro while Confederates hurry to prevent the union.Continue reading