Gathering war clouds do not keep the wedding bells from ringing: Woodson Reilly Cummings (born January 8, 1838) marries Elizabeth Mann Houchins in Monroe County, Virginia. In February 1862, the couple’s first child is born. Calls for enlistment conflict Cummings, whose Baptist religious convictions are opposed to fighting. His wife and young son don’t want…
Today’s New York Herald publishes an editorial from a pro-slavery advocate who does not mince words about the evils of abolitionism: “For the first time in the history of the country, abolitionism pure and simple has found an honorable recognition at the hands of the administration. The abolitionists of the North – the enemies of…
The Georgia Secession Convention adopts a new state constitution (to be ratified by voters in July) and then adjourns. Article II, Section VII of the Constitution deals with the issue of slavery: 1. The importation or introduction of negroes from any foreign country, other than the slave-holding States or Territories of the United States of…