As U.S. General Ulysses S. Grant‘s army marches southward through Louisiana, a contingent of Union naval vessels prepares to slip by Vicksburg’s batteries under the cover of darkness. A key city in the war against the South, the capture of the Mississippi city would split the Confederacy east and west while giving the United States…
As the war rages on, some Baptist congregations of the South faithfully hold monthly days of fasting and prayer, imploring God to put an end to the conflict and lead his chosen nation to victory. Other Baptist congregations avoid such meetings altogether, while still others are irregular in observance. Rev. E. Dodson of North Carolina…
Today marks the two year anniversary of the surrender of Fort Sumter, off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina, to the then newly-formed Confederate States of America. The surrender came two days after the Civil War began when South Carolina soldiers fired upon the federal fort. At the time, few South or North believed the…