Today in the Atlanta Campaign Union forces cross Peach Tree Creek (or Peachtree Creek) and are attacked by Confederate forces. In the evenly-matched Battle of Peachtree Creek, the Union prevails due to confusion and hesitation on the part of the Confederates in attacking the Federals at their most vulnerable. The Union victory places the Federals…
Early spring has arrived, and with it the promise of the large-scale resumption of battles. Today’s minor military happenings merely serve as preludes to the great clashes which are surely to come. Among the day’s developments are the capture of a Confederate outpost at Cherry Grove, Virginia and skirmishes in Mississippi, Arkansas and Missouri. The…
A commentary piece in this week’s North Carolina Baptist Biblical Recorder implores Southern Baptists to pray for the soldiers of the Confederacy: I conversed with a Lieutenant recently, who was in the bloody battle of Gettysburg. He related many incidents of the horrid strife; told how friends fell around him on every side; spoke of…