Not to be lost in the midst of the fall of the Confederacy are the many stories of individual Baptist soldiers and officers, including those held in captivity. One such story is that of Tennessee native Captain William Evander Penn, a lawyer before the war and for over a year a Confederate officer in captivity.…
The Confederate’s Army of the Tennessee, led by General John Bell Hood, departs Florence, Alabama today, en route to Tennessee. Altogether, the Rebels field 30,000 soldiers and 8,000 cavalry in the planned invasion of Tennessee. This is the largest Confederate army in the field other than General Robert E. Lee‘s Army of Northern Virginia, currently…
Skirmishes continue in north Georgia as Rebels strive to disrupt Union supply lines between Nashville and Atlanta. Attacking the Union-occupied cities of the Deep South is out of the question for the vastly weakened Confederacy’s Army of the Tennessee. Being an annoyance and worry to the Federals is about the best the Rebels can do…