Major General William T. Sherman, commanding the compulsory Union Military Division of the Mississippi, begins his invasion of the Carolinas.

       [restored 3/9/2025]

Subsequent Events:

2/17/1865                    2/22/1865

References:

Bruce Catton, The Civil War, (New York: American Heritage, 1960; Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1987), 302.

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,213,590,712,228

Source