Larkin Stanhope Kenrick is a solider in the 34th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, hailing from Cleveland County in the eastern portion of the state. Prior to marching off to war, the small-time farmer lived near, and was a member of, Capernaum Baptist Church. The Confederate soldier has already written to his family several times, commenting…
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,…
New Bern, founded in 1710 and named after Bern, Switzerland, is the second oldest town in North Carolina and served as the first state capital. Located at the confluence of the Neuse and Trent Rivers, it is a beautiful town. And yet the city’s rivers prove its undoing during the war, as Union soldiers arrive…