News of the revivals among Baptists of the South are not confined to Baptist newspapers only. The nightly meetings at two of Richmond’s Baptist congregations merit mention this week in the Richmond Daily Dispatch: Revival meetings among Baptists are attracting sizable numbers of attendees. A protracted Meeting is being held every night in the Second…
“Freedom’s Eve” has given way to the morning of January 1, the day U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is to sign the Emancipation Proclamation. Lincoln arises in anticipation of signing the Proclamation, only to be distracted by a message from General Ambrose Burnside who, following his defeat at Fredericksburg two weeks earlier, is offended by a…
Having marshaled and prepared his forces for two days, Ambrose Burnside orders the Federal army to launch its attack at mid-morning. The main thrust centers initially on the southern end of the Confederate battle line five miles south of Fredericksburg. However, as initial success there gives way to an ultimate repulse, the attention of the…