Hood's Invasion of Tennessee, 1864

The last major Confederate offensive of the war was General John Hood's invasion of Tennessee in late 1864. After failing to trap a Union army at Spring Hill (29 November 1864) , Hood launched a futile attack on the same Union army in a defensive position at Franklin (30 November 1864), before his army was finally crushed at Nashville (15-16 December 1864). The failure of Hood's offensive, at a high cost and with nothing achieved, began to convince many across the south that the Confederacy was doomed.

Generals Hans Huber and Erwin Jaenecke

We return to our Second World biographies with articles on two German generals who fought at Stalingrad, Generalleutnant Hans Hube and General der Pioniere Erwin Jaenecke

The Shenandoah Valley in 1864-5

Today we add nine battles of 1864-5 related to the Shenandoah Valley theatre of the American Civil War:

New Market, 15 May 1864;
Piedmont, 5 June 1864;
Trevilian Station 11-12 June 1864;
Lynchburg, 17-18 June 1864;
Monocacy River, 9 July 1864;
Winchester, 19 September 1864;
Fisher’s Hill, 22 September 1864;
Cedar Creek, 19 October 1864 and
Waynesborough, 2 March 1865

Brigadier George A Vasey

Today we add a biography of Brigadier George A Vasey, a senior Australian officer during the Second World War. Vasey fought in the Balkans, on Crete and in the Far East, before dying in a plane crash in 1945.

Stonewall Jackson's Shenandoah Valley Campaign

Today we add the six battles of Stonewall Jackson's Shenandoah Valley campaign of 1862: Kernstown (23 March 1862), McDowell (8 May 1862), Front Royal (23 May 1862), Winchester (25 May 1862), Cross Keys (8 June 1862) and Port Republic (9 June 1862)


Kernstown (23 March 1862),
McDowell (8 May 1862),
Front Royal (23 May 1862),
Winchester (25 May 1862),
Cross Keys (8 June 1862) and
Port Republic (9 June 1862)

The Century

After our walk along Hadrian's Wall, we return with a short article on the Century, the smallest unit within the Roman Legion.