On Thursday, March 23, 1865 Sherman and Schofield united their forces at Goldsborough, North Carolina, essentially ending the Union’s Carolina campaign. With at estimated Union force of 90,000 to 100,000 men in North Carolina, resistance in that state was now practically futile. Confederate forces now only guarded the two roads toward Virginia which Joseph Johnston believed Sherman would use to effect a junction with the Army of the Potomac. His position also would more effectively allow Johnston to unite with Lee’s army, if his superior had to retire from Petersburg. On the same day, Abraham Lincoln with Mrs. Lincoln and son, Tad, left Washington, D.C. for Grant’s headquarters at City Point, Virginia. His would be a combination vacation and conference with Grant to hopefully plan the end of the war.
00000174-b11b-ddc3-a1fc-bfdbb1a20000The Schreiner University Department of History is honoring the sesquicentennial of the American Civil War with a series of short vignettes focusing on events from 1861 through 1865. The Civil War was the most destructive conflict in American history, but it was also one of our most defining moments as a people and as a nation. Let us know what you think about "This Week in the Civil War." E-mail your comments to Dr. John Huddleston at jhuddles@schreiner.edu.Airs: Weekdays at 5:19 a.m., 8:19 a.m., 4:19 p.m. on KTXI and 4:49 a.m., 9:29 p.m. on KSTX.