On the morning of August 5, 1864, Rear-Admiral Farragut, commanding the Gulf Blockading Squadron, entered Mobile Bay, passing between Forts Morgan and Gaines to engage the rebel ram Tennessee and the Confederate gunboats Selma, Morgan, and Gaines. Mobile Bay, AL | August 5, 1864 © American Battlefield Trust The defenses Read more…
Since we were old enough to hold wooden guns, my brother and I have shared an interest in great battles. Pittsburgh Landing, a forgotten piece of land skirting the border of Mississippi and Tennessee, is one of those places. Driving up from Florida, we are engulfed in farm country, endless Read more…
“See what a lot of land these fellows hold, of which Vicksburg is the key! The war can never be brought to a close until that key is in our pocket…We can take all the northern ports of the Confederacy, and they can defy us from Vicksburg.” – Abraham Lincoln Read more…
Philip II of Macedonia in a message to Sparta: “You are advised to submit without further delay, for if I bring my army into your land, I will destroy your farms, slay your people, and raze your city.” Sparta’s reply: “If.“ I was planning this trip for months. Ever since Read more…