United States General George B. McClellan is still hunkered down outside of Richmond with 105,000 Union troops. Yet Southern sentiment is a bit more positive now, as the enemy’s momentum has stalled. Today, Confederate General Robert E. Lee, in command of the Army of Northern Virginia since June 1, displays the tactical boldness that will…
General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson has emerged as a hero in the minds of many white Southerners. At a time when the Confederate Army at large has not been effective in repelling Union advances, Jackson’s daring and successful military tactics serve as an inspiration to a nation under assault. A Virginia Religious Herald profile of the…
In 1846, one year after Baptists North and South had divided over the issue of African slavery, white and black Baptists in Stonington, Connecticut reached a mutual decision regarding their respective but related future. African members of the First Baptist Church petitioned their white brethren: Beloved Brethren: Believing that the time has come when the…