As Union General Ulysses S. Grant makes ready his imminent spring campaign against the Confederate capital of Richmond, the Southern nation observes a day of fasting and prayer, as instructed by Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Of the many such days proclaimed by Davis during the war, today’s observances are probably the most widely observed, due…
The Confederacy prepares for spring warfare by recalling Gen. James Longstreet to Virginia to assist Gen. Robert E. Lee in defending the South’s capital from an anticipated offensive by the Union Army. The state of Virginia, bordering the United States capital of Washington, D.C., has been divided since the beginning of the war. As part…
The reconstruction of Southern states takes another step forward today when Louisiana delegates assemble in New Orleans to debate the wording of a new constitution that will abolish slavery and restore the state to the Union. Although prior to the war Louisiana claimed some of the richest counties in the nation due to the presence…