Runaway inflation, coupled with the lack of hard cash, has made life extremely hard for most common folk in the Confederacy. Food stuffs and other staples of life, items that are now cost-prohibitive for many home front citizens, are so expensive as to often be out of reach in terms of acquiring an adequate supply…
Today the Chattanooga Campaign begins. Straddling the Georgia border, the town is strategic for both the Confederacy and the Union, the latter of which has held the town for over two months. Union forces, however, are confined to the city as Confederates control the mountains to the southwest and east, effectively blockading the Tennessee River…
Life is becoming increasingly difficult for southerners living in the border state of Maryland. This week’s South Carolina Confederate Baptist reflects upon a story making the rounds among the Baptist press of the South. Amid the contradictory reports which have reached us from this state, it is gratifying to have the explicit statement of one,…