Today is Friday, November 20, 2009 Today in U.S. Civil War History 1864 - Union General William T. Sherman moved toward central Georgia after nearly a week into his March to the Sea. U.S. Civil War Quotes "With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right...let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wound...to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations." - U.S. President Lincoln at his second inauguration ceremony on March 4, 1865.