The coming of spring weather and the overwhelming numbers of Union soldiers in the trenches of Petersburg does not bode well for nearby Richmond. While the winter weather for months dampened Union offensives against the Confederate lines, there is now little to keep the Federals at bay. Confederate President Jefferson Davis, realizing the crisis at…
With freedom so rapidly spreading throughout the South to former slaves, new African Baptist congregations are being established seemingly every week. In some cases, new churches come about long after emancipation, the result of factors including an influx of freedmen and/or the simple passing of time sometimes necessary for a new body of believers to…
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln‘s consultation with generals Sherman and Grant continues for a second day, with Admiral David Dixon Porter joining the three today. Military strategy Lincoln leaves to his generals and admiral. The president’s concern is that which will happen after Richmond is captured and Confederate General Robert E. Lee is forced to resign…