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Lincoln's 90-day Volunteers, 1861: From Fort Sumter to First Bull Run by Ron Field
Category: Cap Link Damages SPECIALS | Series: Men-at-arms
On April 15th 1861, the day after the fall of Fort Sumter, President Abraham Lincoln issued a call for 75,000 volunteers to enlist for three months' service to defend the Union. This 90-day period proved entirely unrealistic and was followed by further, and much more extensive, mobilizations. Despite th ...Show more
Peterburg 1864-65 by Ron Field
Category: History | Series: Campaign
In 1864, General Ulysses S. Grant decided to strangle the life out of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia by surrounding the city of Petersburg and cutting off General Robert E. Lee's supply lines. The ensuing siege would carry on for nearly ten months, involve 160,000 soldiers, and see a number o ...Show more
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