The United States is now battling against the Confederate States on several fronts. Financially, raising funding for the war effort is critical. Today, the U.S. issues the first national paper money. Denominations are $5, $10 and $20. The paper money becomes legal tender on March 17. Meanwhile, President Abraham Lincoln continues to push for emancipation…
The Oak Ridge Baptist Church of Kenton County, Kentucky, meets today for the congregation’s monthly business session. A later-published history of the church summarizes the meeting: Bro. A. W. Mullins was chosen pastor for one year. Permission was granted to a sister, by a vote of the church, to appeal to the law when necessary…
The day is marked by two momentous events, one to the West and one to the East. Both impact the war. Westward, “workers of the Western Union Telegraph Company link the eastern and western telegraph networks of the nation at Salt Lake City, Utah, completing a transcontinental line that for the first time allows instantaneous…