Who caused the war? A brief piece in this week’s North Carolina Baptist Biblical Recorder firmly pins the blame on Northern abolitionists. It has been common, in some parts of the Confederacy, for the members of one political party to charge their opponents with having caused this war. A new aspirant for the honor is…
Today the Confederate fortress of Port Hudson, Louisiana, located on the Mississippi River, finally surrenders to sieging Union forces. Rebels are forced to give up due to the unbearable hot summer climate and lack of water and food. The entirety of the Mississippi River is now firmly under control of the United States, separating the…
Today U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is delighted to learn of the capture of Vicksburg. The good news is tempered, however, when later in the day he is informed that Union Gen. George G. Meade has failed to aggressively pursue the retreating Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia. News of the…