The Battle of Carthage, also known as the Battle of Dry Fork, takes place in Jasper County, Missouri. In this first “full-scale” battle of the Civil War, some 1,100 experienced federal troops commanded by Colonel Franz Sigel clash with a much larger Confederate force, the Missouri State Guard, numbering over 6,000 (4,000 are armed). The…
Southerners have mixed feelings about celebrating the 4th of July. Julia Stanford, a member of the First Baptist Church of Forsyth, Georgia, captures the mood of the South: “Our great national day – Day on which our forefathers signed the Declaration of Independence. Owing to the involved condition of our County – few very felt…
Isaac Ball Feagin (1833-1900, born in Jones County, Georgia) is a merchant in Midway, Alabama, following a stint as deputy sheriff of the county (Barbour). He is of the Baptist faith. Today the Midway Guards of the Fifteenth Alabama infantry – which Feagin helped organize at the beginning of the war and was elected its…