The Union and Confederate armies are by now in full preparation for the looming spring campaigns. While the federal Red River Campaign in Louisiana has become bogged down and Confederates have manged to regain control of Plymouth, North Carolina, Union forces, largely victorious on the battlefield since July of the year prior, clearly remain on…
These days, the capital of the Confederacy is abuzz with citizen efforts designed to support Confederate soldiers. As soldiers march in and out of the city of Richmond, women sew clothes for their nation’s defenders and various groups hold fund-raisers to help in the equipping and feeding of regiments. The Baptists of Richmond faithfully do…
The Second Baptist Church of Richmond, Virginia, announces a concert to raise funds to supplement the meager salary of a regiment of Confederate soldiers. As reported in today’s Richmond Daily Dispatch: Among the first who rushed to arms to repel the Yankees in their attempt to conquer Virginia, was a regiment of Kentuckians. They were…