The Siege of Petersburg continues. Today in the siege the Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road comes to an inconclusive end. In this three day battle, Union forces sought to seize the Weldon Railroad, a Confederate supply route. Gaining temporary control of the railroad, they were driven back by Confederate forces. Nonetheless, the Federals have managed…
While war yet wages strong and bloody, Baptists of the North have taken time this year to celebrate significant milestones. In the latest of many jubilee celebrations in American (Northern) Baptist life this year, the First Baptist Church of Canton, Massachusetts observes the congregation’s 50th anniversary. Previously this year, the American Tract Society, the Northern…
Today Union General Ulysses S. Grant‘s march south of the North Anna River is brought up short on the river banks by yet another brilliant defensive maneuver effected by Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Thus the next battle of the Overland Campaign begins, the Battle of North Anna. For three days the armies of the…