In today’s Virginia Baptist Religious Herald, an editorial offers a Southern Baptist commentary on “Relations Between Northern and Southern Baptists.” Of the recent war: “The conflict was unfortunate, terrible, and, to the South, most desolating. The fortune of war was against us. Our armies were overthrown, our fair heritage was overrun and wasted, immense quantities…
Today in Kansas in the Battle of Mine Creek, Union forces again route Confederates as active Rebel resistance in the far West effectively draws to a close. Meanwhile, Southern elites continue telling common white folk in the South that blacks are happy and fulfilled in slavery, and discontent and unhappy when given freedom. An article…
Today near Petersburg, Virginia, a Confederate offensive temporarily brings a halt to Union destruction of the Weldon Railroad near Ream’s Station, in what becomes known as the Second Battle of Ream’s Station. Destroying Confederate rail lines supplying the Confederate capital of Richmond is a major objective of Union forces besieging Petersburg. Rebel forces, already outnumbered…