Union Gen. William S. Rosecrans and his army are penned up in Chattanooga. Confederate Gen. Braxton’s Bragg’s forces control most routes in and out of the city; Union supplies have difficulty reaching Chattanooga. To make matters worse, today Confederate Major Gen. Joseph Wheeler and his men intercept a Union supply train, overpowering the guards. Confederate…
Today’s edition of the Port Royal-published New South Newspaper, the Union-produced publication of federally-occupied coastal South Carolina, notes an upcoming fund raiser to be held at the First African Baptist Church of Hilton Head. A special effort to raise money for the erection of a monument to the memory of the late Col. Shaw, of…
Runaway slaves are now fleeing to Union lines and the northern states in unprecedented numbers. Today in Chicago, seventeen escaped slaves, many having traveled North via the Underground Railroad, establish the Providence Baptist Church, the first African American Baptist church on the west side of Chicago, and the city’s second overall. The name “Providence” is…