Today the Lincoln administration admits Nevada and Colorado into the Union as the newest states. Although far from the theaters of war, the abundance of gold and silver in Nevada, Colorado and other western states and territories are crucial to financing the war against the Confederate States. Meanwhile, far to the east several of New…
Today U.S. President Abraham Lincoln makes an appearance at the U.S. Sanitary Commission‘s fair in Washington, D.C. Lincoln commends the organization’s work on behalf of federal soldiers. Formed in 1861, the Sanitary Commission is a federal government agency tasked with coordinating thousands of volunteers who are collectively ensuring sanitary conditions in military camps and providing…
White Southern Baptist anger continues following the Lincoln administration’s recent decision to allow loyal ministers to assume the leadership of vacant, pastor-less or openly disloyal churches within Union-controlled areas of the rebellion. Baptist newspaper editors decry religious liberty violations and warn their readers of the horrors of black preachers defiling church pulpits. Northern Baptist ministers,…