Today in the Petersburg Siege the Battle of Fort Stedman (or of Hare’s Hill) occurs, the last major attempt by the Confederates to break the long-standing siege. Although Confederate troops initially make progress in the fighting, they are soon driven back by superior Union forces. The battle thus ends as another Union victory. Although matters…
Today off the coast of France the Confederate’s prize naval warship, the CSS Alabama, is sunk by the USS Kearsarge in the Battle of Cherbourg. With the sinking of the Alabama, what little hope the Confederacy had left on the high seas is gone, as virtually the entire Southern coast is effectively blockaded by the…
First Baptist Church, Hillsborough, NC This month a new Baptist church is formed on Sand Mountain in Jackson County in north Alabama. The former Sand Mountain mission, an “arm” of nearby Friendship Baptist Church, formally becomes a church. Taking the name of Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church of Christ, the new church is constituted with…