The Tennessee city of Chattanooga, evacuated by Confederate forces, is today occupied by the Union army. Following a weeks-long Union offensive, the federals take over the city without a shot fired in opposition. Meanwhile, a little further west in Tennessee, readers of today’s Memphis Bulletin are treated to a summary of religious life in that…
This month the members of Meadow Branch Baptist Church in North Carolina are presented with a certificate of baptism signed by Confederate chaplain (or perhaps army missionary) A. L. Stowe and indicating that three of the church’s soldier sons had been immersed and desired church membership. Soldiers William H. Trull, Thomas S. Trull and A.…
A civilian scout and a handful of volunteer Union soldiers from Ohio have devised a plan to cut off Chattanooga, Tennessee, from the city of Atlanta, Georgia. Chattanooga, a strategic water and rail center of the South, is a prize sought by Union forces. Today, the Union raiders put their plan into action. Having slipped…