America's Civil War
Presented by Georgia's Historic High Country Travel Association

Major General Edwin Vose Sumner

Georgia's Blue and Gray Trail takes visitors to Chickamauga, site of the greatest Confederate victory, then follows a route from Chattanooga to Atlanta, similar to the one that General William Tecumseh Sherman took as he danced a "Red Clay Minuet" with Confederate Commander Joseph E. Johnston and, later, John Bell Hood.

The Blue and Gray Trail, however, does not only deal with Georgia. Beginning from before the signing of our Constitution, we trace the causes of the Civil War, the battles and campaigns, people and politics, and the bitter pill of Reconstruction in the Civil War by year and Today in the Civil War

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Today in the Civil War July 17

The U. S. begins issuing demand notes commonly called "Greenbacks" 1861 Battle of Scary Creek 1861 Congress passes the Second Confiscation Act, or The Confiscation Act of 1862. This allows for ... 1862 In Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) 65 miles west of Fort Smith, Federal forces defeat ... 1863 General Joseph E. Johnston relieved of command of the Army of Tennessee. John Bell Hood replaces ... 1864

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Lew Wallace at Shiloh
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