The Confederate’s Army of the Tennessee, led by General John Bell Hood, departs Florence, Alabama today, en route to Tennessee. Altogether, the Rebels field 30,000 soldiers and 8,000 cavalry in the planned invasion of Tennessee. This is the largest Confederate army in the field other than General Robert E. Lee‘s Army of Northern Virginia, currently…
Sherman‘s army is rapidly marching through Georgia. Feinting toward Augusta on the left and Macon on the right this day, they effectively divide and confuse the remaining Confederate forces in the state. The Federals leave Macon untouched, leaving some 10,000 Confederate soldiers and local guardsmen bewildered yet relieved. Augustans are also concerned, but the Union…
Although U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was raised in a Baptist church (his father serving as a Baptist deacon) and occasionally attends a local Presbyterian church in Washington D.C., many Christians of the North are of the opinion that he is not a Christian, while most Southern whites consider Lincoln to be evil incarnate. An anonymous…