Today in Prince William County, Virginia, the Third Corps of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee‘s Army of Northern Virginia attack the Second Corps of Union Gen. George E. Meade‘s Army of the Potomac. The Battle of Bristoe Station begins with a surprise attack upon the unsuspecting federals: the initial shells fall as the federals are…
Revival season continues among Southern Baptist churches, as reflected this week in a letter to the editor of the North Carolina Baptist Biblical Recorder. October 6th, 1863 Mr. Editor–Yesterday we closed one of the most interesting meetings that we ever attended at Bethel church. We protracted our monthly meeting from day to day until the…
In one of the most ardent Confederate states, there is a pocket of white resistance that grows stronger as the war progresses. Now, as anti-Confederacy sentiment across the South is gradually rising due to hard economic conditions, home front deprivation, resentment of Confederate heavy-handedness, and the length of the conflict, more and more male residents…