This month an anxious mother receives a reassuring letter from her Confederate soldier son (one of five who are serving in the army), who himself is anxious from not yet having received a response to his last letter. The Blackford family is a Virginia family of some means with a pre-war history of support for…
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln‘s Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, announced one week ago today, leads to numerous positive affirmations from Baptists of the North. This week’s resolution from the Seneca Baptist Association of New York rejoices that the U.S. is now positioning itself squarely against African slavery, declaring God’s hand upon the nation for its commitment to…
Across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., is Alexandria, Virginia. Occupied by United States forces since May 24, 1861, the town is the former home of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee–currently engaged in a daring invasion of Maryland–whose estate is used by the Union as a military command post. Many other buildings in town have…