Today’s session of the Confederate Senate is opened in prayer “by the Rev. Mr. Tichenor, of the Baptist Church,” presumably Isaac T. Tichenor, longtime pastor of First Baptist Church of Montgomery, Alabama, and Confederate chaplain. Also this day, Confederate General Robert E. Lee orders the Confederate Army to suspend military duties for the observance of…
The Second Battle of Fort Fisher, North Carolina, rages for a second day. Having landed on a nearby beach yesterday, the Federals now reinforce their position while Union naval ships bombard the northern battlement of the fort. More federal troops are prepared to come ashore on the morrow. Meanwhile, Sherman’s armies are now spread throughout…
Savannah remains the focus of headlines one week after the city’s capture by Sherman as the news slowly makes its way into smaller towns and outlying areas. Raleigh, North Carolina’s Daily Progress is among today’s newspapers reporting the fall of the port city. Also today, William A. Rockwell, previously a colonel who remained in Savannah…