Today Union General Ulysses S. Grant, unable to break through Confederate lines in the twelve-day Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, withdraws from the battle and turns his army toward the North Anna River. Spotsylvania is a draw, but Grant’s larger mission continues: that of capturing the Confederate capital city of Richmond, no matter how long…
The war, well into its third year, is a canvas upon which countless human stories unfold. Tragedy is often the theme of such stories, yet spiritual victories and simple stories of human inspiration are also splayed across the canvas of war. Baptist newspapers North and South often carry short items of interest, little stories that…
In northern Virginia near Warrenton on September 13, 1863 in the Battle of Culpeper Court House, the Union Army of the Potomac defeated the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, taking possession of the region of Culpeper County and securing their position in the Battle of Rappahannock Station on November 7. The victorious Army of the…