The war between South and North has been waging for almost five months. Kentucky is now aligned with the Union, following Confederate incursions in the state a few days earlier, a move that violated the state’s (then) neutrality. Nonetheless, much Confederate sentiment remains within the Bluegrass state during the war. Virginia, likewise, harbors divided loyalties.…
Today, Sunday, the 3rd Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry seeks a suitable place on the upper North Carolina coast to construct a battery. The effort is part of larger campaign by Confederate forces to hurriedly secure their coastlines in the face of a superior Union Navy. Alva Spencer, a Mercer University graduate, records a rather humorous…
Today a medical doctor, Henry Palmer, joins the newly-mustered 7th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry. An active laymen in the Janesville Baptist Church, Palmer’s career to date has taken him to the top of the world – literally. Born in New Hartford, New York, in 1827, Palmer as a youngster worked on his father’s farm. From his…