In the midst of a harsh cold spell and a dwindling food supply for the Confederate Army, today Confederate President Jefferson Davis assents to Gen. Robert E. Lee‘s request for more supplies by ordering “impressment from stock [cattle] on hand for year’s consumption by private parties and corporations of so much as is required for…
In churches throughout both nations, soldier wives worship and wonder–wonder if their husbands will one day return safely. Outside, the weather is cold, warning all of impending winter. Philadelphia is “very cold and dreary,” relates Emilie Davis, an African-American young woman who today attends church services. Her concerns are for the many blacks for whom…
The Battle of Pea Ridge, also known as the Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, comes to a close after two intense days of fighting, with the United States emerging victorious. Joseph and Lucinda Cox, owners and proprietors of the tavern, emerge from the building’s cellar, where they had barricaded themselves during the battle. The tavern —…