This week’s Georgia Baptist Christian Index extensively covers the war. A tribute to the late great Stonewall Jackson offers a longing glance backward at the biggest Christian superstar the war has produced within the Confederacy. “Thank God for such a hero!” are the opening words of a sonnet to Jackson. His “divine courage” and “patriot…
With Atlanta securely in Union hands, today in an attempt to break through the stalemate at Petersburg, Union General Ulysses S. Grant strikes against the Confederate forces of General Robert E. Lee on two simultaneous fronts. One assault, against Richmond, becomes known as the Battle of New Market Heights (or the Battle of Fort Harrison…
Confederate cavalry continue harassing, albeit largely ineffectively, Union troops in north Georgia. The game of cat and mouse between the Rebels and the Federals will go on for some weeks, with Union General William T. Sherman growing ever more frustrated with an elusive, albeit weak, enemy. Yet for the Rebel forces of significantly inferior numbers,…