Today Union General Ulysses S. Grant surveys the results of the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House thus far. The fighting has raged since May 8, but his forces have been unable to break through the entrenched Confederate lines. Casualties and losses have been extremely heavy, approaching 30,000 total for both sides, about 18,000 for the…
In today’s edition of the North Carolina Baptist Biblical Recorder, editor J. D. Hufham skips over specific news of battle developments, news that is simply too troublesome to be able to paste over with optimistic platitudes. Instead, Hufham turns to that most trusted of sources among Baptists: the Bible. The editor’s message to North Carolina…
Today the Georgia Baptist Convention convenes at Second Baptist Church, Atlanta. Despite this being a religious gathering, there is no more discussed subject than that of the war. Atlanta, after all, is the target of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman‘s upcoming spring campaign. The attempted invasion of Atlanta, originating from federal-controlled Chattanooga, is expected to…