At Waynesborough, Georgia, Fighting Joe Wheeler’s Rebels get a rough time from a very unlikely foe — Brig. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick.
By Angela Lee
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Battle Of Stones River
While an unwary Union artillery captain — Warren P. Edgarton — took his horses for water, 4,400 battle-hardened Confederates were massing to unleash a devastating pre-dawn attack.
By Robert C. Cheeks
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Battle of Antietam: Federal Flank Attack at Dunker Church
With Union Major General Joseph Hooker’s I Corps lying shattered in the blood-soaked cornfield at Antietam, Brigadier General George Greene’s ‘Bully Boys’ somehow managed to punch a salient in the Confederate line. But would they be able to hold it?
By Robert C. Cheeks
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Battle of Peachtree Creek
Near the sluggish creek on the outskirts of Atlanta, new Confederate commander John Bell Hood struck the first ‘manly blow’ for Atlanta,living up to his lifelong reputation as a fighter–but accomplishing little. It would be a bad omen for all Hood’s subsequent campaigns.
By Phil Noblitt
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Battle of Pea Ridge
Confederate General Earl Van Dorn expected to march breezily through Missouri, capture St. Louis and fall on Ulysses S. Grant in Tennessee. But at Elkhorn Tavern in northern Arkansas, an outnumbered Union force had other ideas.
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Battle of Ox Hill
With Union General John Pope reeling in defeat after the Battle of Second Manassas, Stonewall Jackson confidently set out to block Pope’s retreat. It would be easy pickings–so Jackson thought.
By Robert James
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Battle of Gettysburg: Fury at Bliss Farm
Back and forth, for 24 hours, soldiers at Gettysburg contested possession of a no man’s land with an incongruous name–Bliss farm.
By John M. Archer
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Battle of Gettysburg — Day Two
If Robert E. Lee’s bold plan of attack had been followed on Day 2 at Gettysburg, there might never have been a third day of fighting. As it was, confusion and personal differences between commanders would severely affect the Confederate assault on Cemetery Ridge.
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Battle of Dinwiddie Court House
Ulysses S. Grant sent his trusted cavalry commander Phil Sheridan to flank Robert E. Lee out of Petersburg. The crossroads hamlet of Dinwiddie Court House soon became the focal point for one of the most pivotal cavalry battles of the war.
By Mark J. Crawford
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Battle of Belmont: Ulysses S. Grant Takes Command
With Union and Confederate troops jockeying for position in neutral Kentucky, an inexperienced brigadier general — Ulysses S. Gran- – led his equally green Federal troops on a risky foray along the Kentucky-Missouri border.
By Max Epstein