While Virginians rejoice over the halt of U.S. General George B. McClellan’s advance upon Richmond, the mood of Confederates in Tennessee is dark and brooding. While Memphis residents wake up under United States occupation, Union general James S. Negley celebrates a smaller but notable victory over a notorious Tennessee rebel. Confederate Captain A. D. Trimble,…
Memphis, Tennessee, citizens watch in horror as the United States Navy overwhelms Confederate naval forces on the Mississippi River. Although the number of vessels on each side is nearly even, many of the Confederate ships are converted commercial steamers manned by civilian captains, setting the stage for the Union rout of the Southern navy. Less…
Published in this week’s North Carolina Baptist Biblical Recorder is the testimony of a Confederate soldier, a testimony that reflects common evangelistic language and imagery among Baptists of the South. I belonged to a Virginia regiment, engaged in active service, in the mountains, far away from friends and home. I was surrounded by wicked and…