The Civil War

The initial Confederate attack caught Grant by surprise, bent his line, but never broke it. Several events then swung the battle to the North's favor. Gen. Johnston bled to deat...

Alma E. Anderson, _Social Studies Department, Robert E. Lee Junior High School, Danville, Va._ E. Merton Coulter, _Professor-Emeritus of History, University of Georgia, Athens_...

By mid-July Sherman had forced Johnston into the trenches of Atlanta. On July 18 President Davis replaced Johnston with Gen. John B. Hood, who, although minus a leg and the use...

But such innovations could not overcome the constant and painful pressure of large Federal fleets all along the Southern coast. So vital were the navies to the Northern war effo...

Certainly Grant was original in much of his strategy. To him a single victory meant very little. The long-range result of a continual hammering was the important factor. "The ar...