Following Union General Phil Sheridan’s recent successful cavalry raid that disrupted Confederate supply lines and caused havoc six miles north of Richmond, the rumors have been flying: black soldiers are on the prowl, beating up white citizens and stealing the riches of prominent Richmond-area families. Today’s Richmond Daily Dispatch publishes a report, submitted by an…
Many readers of the North Carolina Baptist Biblical Recorder depend upon the paper to convey and interpret the latest battlefield developments. While often a few days behind, and even more so due to the two to three days it may take subscribers to receive the paper, editor J. D. Hufham‘s summaries are reliably as optimistic…
A group of Baptists come to the White House with a petition, as does a group of Methodists. While maintaining an open door policy in regards to religious leaders, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is apparently busy this day and unable to visit with the delegations. Perhaps the president is preoccupied with news from the Wilderness…