Julia Stanford, teacher at the Forsyth Female College and member of First Baptist Church of Forsyth, again chronicles her thoughts in her diary. She includes rumors of war for which there is no basis of truth, a commonplace occurrence in towns far removed from battlefronts. This morning – Like most School day mornings, has nothing…
The Civil War thus far, to a significant degree, is the story of young men far from home missed by loved ones who are nonetheless proud of their men’s bravery and intrigued of news from strange lands. Like a knight in shining armor who answered the call to save his loved one from a dastardly…
Today the Milledgeville (GA) Southern Recorder offers an analysis of the war and reports on the recent Confederate national day of fasting: The present stillness denotes an approaching commotion in the war elements, which is soon to shake the country. Preparations on a large scale have been made by both parties for the conflict, and…