Today in Tennessee, Generals William Tecumseh Sherman and Stephen Hurlbut arrive at Pittsburg Landing and move inland to Shiloh Church, a small log building. Three weeks hence, the Battle of Shiloh, a major conflict in the Western theater of the war, will take place around this small church. The church was built by United Methodists,…
Today, Sunday, is a national Confederate Day of Thanksgiving, as proclaimed by the Confederate Congress on July 22, the day after the great victory at Bull Run / Manassas. The Congress has asked churches throughout the land to devote the day to thanking God and asking for God’s continued blessing upon his chosen nation: Resolved,…
In Montgomery, Alabama, J. W. Garrard today enlists in the Independent Rifles, formed as Company “D” (Later “E”) of the 6th Alabama Infantry Regiment. Born September 10, 1839 in Newton, Georgia, Garrard had lived a portion of his teenage years in Montgomery. His return to Montgomery is over circumstances that the teenage Garrard could not…