 view gallery |   On to Richmond! McClellan Invades the Virginia Tidewater - Gloucester Point VA
in U.S. Civil War Sites The York River Confederate defenses were tested early in the Civil War. A large Union force, the Army of the Potomac, commanded by Major General George B. McClellan, steamed down the Chesapeake Bay from Washington D.C. in March, 1862. posted by:  Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/1/2020 last visited: 9/24/2021 |
 view gallery | Welcome to Gloucester Point-A Point for the Defense - Gloucester Point VA in U.S. Civil War Sites You are standing at the entrance to Tyndall’s Point Park. These protected remains of a Civil War fort survive to help take us back into the history of Gloucester Point. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 10/31/2020 last visited: 9/24/2021 |
 view gallery | The Evacuation of Atlanta - Atlanta GA in U.S. Civil War Sites On July 30, 1864, General Hood, retaining Stewart´s corps in Atlanta, sent Hardee and Lee to Jonesboro to dispossess the enemy whose seizure of the railway at this point was ominous of the approaching end. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 10/31/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view gallery | The Seige of Atlanta - Atlanta GA in U.S. Civil War Sites Following these sanguinary Battle of July 22, 1864, enemy entrenched himself to the east and south of Atlanta. Then began the long and fearful seige which, lasting for six weeks, was veritably a reign of terror. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 10/30/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view gallery | Transfer of Command - Atlanta GA in U.S. Civil War Sites Under orders from President Davis, on July 17, 1864, General Joseph E. Johnston, the masterful tactician and soldier, relinquished command of the Army of Tennessee. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 10/30/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view gallery | Locomotive "General" - Kennesaw GA in U.S. Civil War Sites This tablet marks the spot at which the
LOCOMOTIVE "GENERAL" was captured by Andrews' Raiders morning of April 12th, 1862 posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 10/30/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view gallery | The "Right Flank" on the McDonough Road - Hampton GA in U.S. Civil War Sites Confederate Lt. General John Bell Hood, inside the fortifications of Atlanta, realizes that the last remaining railroad line that supplied Atlanta would be cut and Atlanta would have to be abandoned. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 10/30/2020 last visited: 9/24/2021 |
 view gallery | "The Old Bronze Gentleman of Lovejoy's Station" - Hampton GA in U.S. Civil War Sites Kilpatrick’s troopers were soon surrounded at Lovejoy’s station and they were forced to fall back. Kilpatrick’s cavalry retreated eastward on the McDonough road and reformed on a ridge located just west of Nash farm. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 10/30/2020 last visited: 9/24/2021 |
 view gallery | Kilpatrick's Raid at the Nash Farm - Hampton GA in U.S. Civil War Sites As the last of Minty’s skirmishers withdrew, Kilpatrick and Eli Murray realign King’s 3rd and 5th Kentucky to confront the quiescent Confederate infantry. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 10/30/2020 last visited: 9/24/2021 |
 view gallery | William A. Fuller - Kennesaw GA in U.S. Civil War Sites As conductor on the state - owned Western & Atlantic R.R. he led the pursuing party that, after a 90-mile chase -- in which three locomotives were used -- recaptured the locomotive General which had been seized at Big Shanty. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 10/30/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view gallery | Martin Cheairs Home Headquarters of Confederate General Earl Van Dorn - Spring Hill TN in U.S. Civil War Sites In Spring 1863, Confederate Major General Earl Van Dorn established the headquarters of his cavalry command of the Army of the Mississippi at Spring Hill. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/28/2020 last visited: 9/24/2021 |
 view gallery | Spring Hill, Tennessee ~ November 29, 1864 - Spring Hill TN in U.S. Civil War Sites In 1864, Spring Hill was a small, prosperous farming community. Although the town had been occupied by both Confederate and Federal forces at various times, it had not been seriously impacted by the war. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/28/2020 last visited: 9/24/2021 |
 view gallery | Forrest's 3:00 p.m. Cavalry Attack - Spring Hill TN in U.S. Civil War Sites As Forrest's cavalry fought their way to the outskirts of Spring Hill by 2:30 p.m., they observed Brigadier General George Wagner's division marching into the town. Forrest, aggressive as ever, determined to attack quickly to seize the town and pike. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/27/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view gallery | Nashville and Decatur Railroad - Spring Hill TN in U.S. Civil War Sites In the fall of 1864, this railroad was used as a major supply line for Union garrisons throughout Tennessee, north Alabama and north Georgia, Spring Hill was an important wood and water stop on this railroad. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/27/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view gallery | Left of the Union Defensive Position Opdycke's Brigade Line - Spring Hill TN in U.S. Civil War Sites At approximately 12:30 p.m. on November 29, 1864, Col. Emerson Opdycke’s veteran brigade known unofficially as “Opdycke’s tigers,” marching in the lead of Wagner’s division, swept through Spring Hill to secure the town from Confederate cavalry. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/27/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view gallery | Ewell Farm-Spring Hill Battlefield - Spring Hill TN in U.S. Civil War Sites On a knoll just southwest of the railroad depot is the antebellum home of the widow Lizinka Brown. Her son, Campbell Brown was a staff officer with Confederate General Richard S. Ewell of the Army of Northern Virginia. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/27/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view gallery | Confederate Movements After Sunset November 29, 1864 - Spring Hill TN in U.S. Civil War Sites After the sun set, Confederate plans began to quietly fall apart. Hood appeared confident that Forrest held the pike north of Spring Hill, and thus was not unduly concerned with cutting the pike south of town. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/27/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view gallery | Schofield's Retreat Night of November 29-30 - Spring Hill TN in U.S. Civil War Sites For a number of reasons, Major General John Schofield had been tardy in evacuating his position at Columbia and retreating to Franklin. Although starting late, the Federal army performed a well planned and executed retreat. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/27/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view gallery | Oaklawn The Absalom Thompson House - Spring Hill TN in U.S. Civil War Sites Hood's Headquarters- Late in the afternoon of November 29, 1864, Hood established the headquarters of the Army of Tennessee at this location. Hood spent part of the evening sitting on a log near the fish pond of the house. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/27/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view gallery | General John Adams, CSA (1825-1864) - Pulaski TN in U.S. Civil War Sites Adams took over Brigadier General Lloyd Tilghman’s command of the Mississippi infantry brigade after Tilghman’s death in 1863. During the campaign to relieve Vicksburg, Adams served under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/26/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view gallery | General John Calvin Brown C.S.A. (1827-1889) - Pulaski TN in U.S. Civil War Sites He was appointed a brigadier general on August 30, 1862. Assigned to the Army of Tennessee, he fought and was wounded at the Battle of Perryville. Brown took part in the Tullahoma Campaign, the Battles of Stone’s River and Chickamauga. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/26/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view gallery | Thomas McKissack Jones (1816-1892)-Representative to Confederate - Pulaski TNCongress - in U.S. Civil War Sites Jones was elected and served in the first session of the Confederate Congress but did not seek re-election, preferring to return to Pulaski. When federal troops captured Pulaski, Jones was taken prisoner but was paroled by Military Governor Andrew Johnson. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/26/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view gallery | Sam Davis Gravesite - Smyrna TN in U.S. Civil War Sites He was told that if information were not forthcoming, the Federals would hang him as a spy. Sam refused to cooperate, claiming he was a scout and a courier, not a spy. He was swiftly tried and hanged on November 27, 1863. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/26/2020 last visited: 9/24/2021 |
 view gallery | Freeman's Battery Forrest's Artillery - Parkers Crossroads TN in U.S. Civil War Sites General Nathan Bedford Forrest's First Artillery Captain Freeman's Battery fought near here during the Battle of Parker's Crossroads
Dec. 31, 1862 posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/25/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view gallery | The Battle of Parker's Crossroads-Union and Confederate Forces - Parkers Crossroads TN in U.S. Civil War Sites Union Forces-Cyrus Livingston Dunham was born in Dryden, New York, on January 16, 1817.
Confederate Forces-Nathan Bedford Forrest was born in Bedford County, Tennessee, on July 13, 1821. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/25/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
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