Today in Missouri the (First) Battle of Lexington – also known as the Battle of the Hemp Bales – continues. Having begun on September 13, the battle will continue until the 20th of the month. Taking place in Lafayette County, an area of the state harboring much Southern sentiment, the Union Army faces of with…
Thaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt Lowe (August 20, 1832 – January 16, 1913) – otherwise known as Professor Lowe – uses his flying balloon to spy on Confederate camps near Fairfax, Virginia. Union calvarymen are dispatched to locate the Confederates, but come up empty-handed. Lowe is a pioneering aeronaut, scientist and inventor. In July U.S. President Abraham…
Julia Stanford, teacher at the Forsyth Female College and member of First Baptist Church of Forsyth, again chronicles her thoughts in her diary. She includes rumors of war for which there is no basis of truth, a commonplace occurrence in towns far removed from battlefronts. This morning – Like most School day mornings, has nothing…