Civil War/Frank Malcom

Frank Malcom

Period: Mar 10, 1864 to Jun 22, 1865

South Chattahooche River

Jul 15, 1864

Soldier Malcom and his Brigade made it to their camp on a Sunday evening. Their camp was on a mountain 1.5 miles South of the Chattahooche river.

East Point Georgia

Sep 11, 1864

Malcom and his fellow soldiers destoryed the Macon Rail Road at Jonesboro and drove the enemy out of Alanta. Doing so it enabled the 20th Corps march into Alanta. They returned to East Point after that.

Rome Georgia

Nov 9, 1864

Malcom finially got to write back to his wife and thank her for the stuff she gave him.

Andersons Plantation

Dec 17, 1864

Malcom and his brigade left Rome Gerogia on November 11th and found out that it was burned down. On November 15th Alanta was burned down.

Savannah River

Jan 15, 1865

Malcom and his friend Cameron rode on horses down to a town 1 mile away from their camp. 3 days later he got the news of Fort Fisher falling.

Charleston South Carolina

Feb 4, 1865

Malcom and his Brigade marched from their camp near the Savannah River to Charleston South Carolina.

Charleston South Carolina

Feb 17, 1865

Malcom and his Brigade marched through the Broad River for 4 miles until they reached Charleston. They marched through the town and burned it down.

Fayetteville North Carolina

Mar 13, 1865

Fayetteville Malcom arrived at Fayetteville and wrote a letter to his wife telling her about what happened in Charleston.

Goldsboro North Carolina

Mar 25, 1865

Malcom got to camp last night and was helping set up their camp.

Morrisville North Carolina

Apr 19, 1865

Lees surrenderMalcom was sick for 3 days but has gotten better. Malcom got the news of General Lee`s surrender on the 12th.