Following the disastrous Battle of Fredericksburg, the Army of the Potomac's morale sinks to its lowest point ever. Burnside, witnessing the wretched state his men are in, tries to rectify the situation by sending his men on another campaign in the midst of winter. However, his men are caught in ...

On April 27, 1863, once his army is ready, Hooker secretly sends out the V, XI, and XII Corps on a march around Lee's left flank, bound for the exposed Confederate rear. For the first 36 hours, Lee is completely unaware of what is happening just across the Rappahannock. At the same time, Hooker i...

Following his failure to take Vicksburg in the final months of 1862. Major General Ulysses S. Grant decides to pivot his Army of the Tennessee to the Mississippi River. Grant hopes that, with his cooperation with Rear Admiral David D. Porter's Mississippi Squadron, he can find a way to bypass the...

Following Porter's running of the Vicksburg Batteries, Grant uses his available boats to cross the river and attack Vicksburg from the south. Alarmed by Grant's move, Pemberton abandons his extensive defenses facing north and pivots his men to face south. Yet, Grant does not incline to attack the...