Union General William T. Sherman‘s grinding offensive against Atlanta continues as the Federal siege grows ever tighter around the critical Southern city. Destroying the rail lines supplying Atlanta is a key part of Sherman’s strategy. Cutting off Atlanta from the rest of Georgia and the Confederacy would be a significant Union victory and vastly accelerate…
Slowly but surely, Union General William T. Sherman tightens his encirclement of Atlanta. Today begins a Federal assault on the Macon & Western railroad, even as hapless Confederate officers and their armies remain unable to deter Sherman’s advance. Meanwhile, Southern Baptists of the Confederacy ratchet up their rhetoric concerning Confederate soldiers’ orphans. The number of…
From the border state of Kentucky, a Baptist writes of the war-generated excitement in his state. Benjamin Franklin Hungerford (1825-1916) is a Baptist minister who has also served as president of several Kentucky Baptist schools. He is an observer of the war, not a soldier. A New York native, Hungerford is a Union man and…