A month after President Lincoln considered William S. Rosecrans as the most able general on the Union side, the latter was removed from command. This biography shows that Rosecrans' demise was a result of his uncompromising personality and the scorn he aroused in his superiors.
A month after President Lincoln considered William S. Rosecrans as the most able general on the Union side, the latter was removed from command. This ...
By February 1862 Confederate forces in Kentucky and Tennessee were falling back in disorder. Fort Henry on the Tennessee River and Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River fell to combined land and naval forces under Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant and Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote. These losses necessitated the abandonment of the Rebel stronghold of Columbus, Kentucky. The entire upper Mississippi Valley lay open to Federal invasion. Toward that end, a new Union army under Major General John Pope began organizing at Commerce, Missouri.
Confederate Major General John P. McCown was sent...
By February 1862 Confederate forces in Kentucky and Tennessee were falling back in disorder. Fort Henry on the Tennessee River and Fort Donelson on...
