Today the most prominent Baptist in Georgia is effectively in exile as Milledgeville, the state capital, is firmly under the control of the Union Army. Governor Joseph Brown, a member of the First Baptist Church of Milledgeville, fled upon the arrival of the Federals on November 23. Traveling southward, he now finds refuge in his…
Today in Georgia, Sherman‘s army burns the Washington County courthouse as they march eastward to the coast. As is the case each day of the march, white citizens alternately remain out of sight or express great anger as the invaders plunder and destroy. Many black slaves, on the other hand, flee from their masters and…
While Sherman‘s army continues marching through Georgia with little opposition, destroying infrastructure and confiscating crops as they move eastward toward the coast, Confederate agents today stage an attempt to burn New York City. The plot has been afoot for quite some time, having originally been designed to take place on election day, only to be…