Walter Coffey's Blog, page 9
March 10, 2025
The Battle of Monroe’s Cross Roads
Wade Hampton’s Confederate cavalry catches Federal horsemen by surprise in a fight separate from the main Federal thrust into North Carolina.Continue reading
March 8, 2025
The Battle of Kinston
A small Confederate force under Braxton Bragg tries making a stand east of Kinston to stop Jacob D. Cox’s Federal advance inland from the North Carolina coast.Continue reading
March 7, 2025
North Carolina: Battle Looms Near Kinston
Braxton Bragg looks to prevent Federals from joining forces in North Carolina by blocking a detachment moving inland from the coast.Continue reading
March 6, 2025
Grant’s Spring Offensive Takes Shape
Ulysses S. Grant continues preparing to launch the spring offensive, which involves movement in all major theaters of operations in a final push to end the war.Continue reading
March 5, 2025
The Enemy Will Overrun This Country
William T. Sherman’s Federal armies capture Cheraw begin crossing the Pee Dee River into North Carolina as Confederates scramble to put up any kind of resistance.Continue reading
March 4, 2025
The Second Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln begins a second term as the 16th U.S. president in Washington, D.C. By this time, a shift from war to peace is already underway.Continue reading
March 3, 2025
The Freedmen’s Bureau
President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill into law establishing the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, which became known as the Freedmen’s Bureau. The Bureau’s purpose was to facilitate the transition of former slaves to freedom.Continue reading
March 2, 2025
From Luther Rice Mills, 26th Virginia
Letter from Luther Rice Mills of the 26th Virginia Infantry to his brother.Continue reading
Lee Proposes a Military Convention
Robert E. Lee proposes to meet with Ulysses S. Grant to discuss the possibility of “a satisfactory adjustment of the present unhappy difficulties by means of a military convention..."Continue reading
March 1, 2025
The Battle of Waynesboro
Philip Sheridan’s Federal cavalry advances to within seven miles of the last substantial Confederate force in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. Sheridan finally gets the opportunity to permanently cripple the Confederate cause.Continue reading
