This day Albert R. Hicks, born in 1835 and a Michigan native, is among the many Union soldiers discharged from military service. Hicks enlisted in 1864 in the First Regiment, Michigan Light Infantry, Seventh Battery. Sent to Alabama, he was involved in the capture of Port Mobile, a turning point in the war during 1864.…
With the war over, Baptist churches of the South that survive the great conflict strive to return to some sense of normalcy. Many churches face a generational future of far fewer white male members than prior to the war. In addition, black members, if they have not already, are certain to leave within weeks, months…
Minor skirmishes continue to mark the month of April, such as today’s Battle of Salyersville. The Kentucky town, like many in that state and in Magoffin County in particular, is by now used to the tug-of-war between Union and Confederate forces. The town’s citizenry is comprised, to a significant degree, of former Virginians. Not particularly…