Memphis has now been under Union control for over a year, the city serving as a strategic point on the Mississippi for the United States Army. From the beginning of the war Tennessee was a divided state, and the occupation of Memphis is welcomed by many residents of Union sentiment. This week the one remaining…
Death is an ever present force during the war, a low-hanging cloud that follows armies in camp and on the battlefield. For some on the battlefield, the end of life on earth arrives suddenly in the form of lead or cannonball. For others, weapons of war bite rather than devour, a sting that signals inevitability…
Each week during the war, editors of (white) Southern Baptist newspapers offer a potpourri of short pieces that collectively reveal their perspectives of the great conflict. By and large, these gatekeepers of denominational news are ardent supporters of the Confederacy, albeit the nuances of their shared nationalism (like that of the white South at large)…