Hundreds of thousands of soldiers comprise the armies of the United States and Confederate States combined. Battle wounds, illnesses, despair, loneliness, and other ailments often characterize the lives of soldiers who are fortunate enough to have survived the war thus far. And hovering above all is the ever-present cloud of homesickness. Left to fend for…
News of the Confederate massacre of black Union soldiers at Fort Pillow is spreading like wildfire throughout the North. As the public demands justice, famed black abolitionist Frederick Douglass today addresses a crowd assembled at the Twelfth Baptist Church in New York City. Expressing hope that Congress is finally committed to providing fair pay to…
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…