Tag: prisoner of war

Augustus Ferris died in a Confederate prison

Salisbury NC National Cemetery plaque for Union POWs

On September 30 apoteketreceptfritt.com , 1864, Union forces under General U.S. Grant were pressing the Confederate defenses in Northern Virginia severely. Forces, including Co C, 1st Regiment Michigan Sharpshooters, were advancing against an understrength corps under General A.P. Hill. After initial success in the area of the Peebles’s Farm (or Poplar Springs Church) in the […]