The United States is now interring prisoners of war in Camp Douglas near Chicago. The city also sends many soldiers to fight for the Union. Today, the ladies of Chicago’s First Baptist Church display their patriotic side, as noted in the Chicago Daily Tribune: On the morning of the 3d inst., a committee of ladies…
Southern Baptist pastor and author Amos C. Dayton, a Tennessean and leading advocate of the theory that Baptist lineage can be traced back to John the Baptist, is in Georgia preparing for a speaking tour to Baptists and other Christians on the subject of slavery. He declares he will: … treat at length of the…
Anxiety permeates Richmond, the Confederate capital. Union General George B. McClellan, months into a slow, steady drive toward Richmond, lurks on the outskirts of the city, along the Chickahominy River, with his 105,000 strong Union Army. Between McClellan and the city limits are 60,000 Confederate troops commanded by General Joseph E. Johnston. Going on the offensive,…