ONCE A CIVIL WAR

The U.S. Civil War: Was it one nation divided, remaking itself, or two nations at war? There is no one answer. But every day was a day of great change.

Sunday, June 22, 2014

June 23, 1864---The Battle of The Weldon Railroad; Sparing the Greenbrier Hotel

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JUNE 23, 1864:             The Battle of The Weldon Railroad. After being repulsed the day before, Federal Generals Meade and Grant t...
Friday, June 20, 2014

June 22, 1864---Holding Onto the Railroad; The Battle of Kolb's Farm

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JUNE 22, 1864:            Union forces at Petersburg try to cut the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad in order to isolate Petersburg from ...

June 21, 1864---Cutting the Confederacy's lifeline

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JUNE 21, 1864:              General Ulysses S. Grant U.S.A. extends his siege lines further around Petersburg by sending the 2 nd an...
Thursday, June 19, 2014

June 20, 1864---Speculators

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JUNE 20, 1864:           In Virginia, the Union settles down to the business of besieging Petersburg. Meanwhile, in Georgia, the Spri...
Wednesday, June 18, 2014

June 19, 1864---The ALABAMA and the KEARSARGE

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JUNE 19, 1864 Unable to secure a drydock, and under pressure from the French, Captain Raphael Semmes C.S.N. is forced to take his battere...
Tuesday, June 17, 2014

June 18, 1864---The Second Battle of Petersburg (Day Four)

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JUNE 18, 1864:             The Second Battle of Petersburg   (Day Four):   Robert E. Lee himself arrives on the Petersburg battl...
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