Lewis Powell, the son of a Baptist preacher, signed up for the army early in the war as part of the 2nd Florida Infantry. Along with many other Confederate soldiers, Powell was wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg. Captured by Union troops, and his injury relatively minor, upon his recovery Powell was consigned to serve…
Today Union General William T. Sherman’s army moves out of Fayetteville, intent on causing further damage in North Carolina. These are days of intense soul searching, South and North. Although Confederate leaders and large slaveholders (often one and the same) remain largely defiant, many White citizens of the Confederacy have given up all hope and…
With Wilmington under Union control, Federal forces are advancing inland in North Carolina. Today in the Battle of Wyse Fork, Union forces attack Confederate General Braxton Bragg’s forces near Kinston. Control of roads and a railroad is at stake. For four days the battle rages. For much of the time the Confederates appear to have…